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TIL that New Hampshire is the only state with no adult seatbelt laws. Seatbelts are only required for minors ages 17 and under in that state. According to 2017 data from the U.S. Department of Transportation, it also had the lowest percentage of seatbelt useage among the 50 states, at just 67.6%.

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xDmw TIL that the green iguana has a ‘third-eye’ called a parietial eye, in the middle of its forehead. This does not function in the same way as its two side eyes, but enables it to detect movement, especially from above, to help it avoid predators.
9YgOM TIL Before Rick & Morty Justin Roiland was Developing “Dog World”
j691j TIL a 1995 experiment by Oberholzer et al showed DNA replication inside tiny spherical lipid bilayer structures called liposomes (similar to cell membranes)- mimicing early cellular conditions. They showed that DNA replication, through the polymerase chain reaction, can occur within these liposomes.
pN5Z TIL that following the 1797 swearing-in of Federalist President John Adams, Democratic-Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson extended his hand to Adams in an apparent handshake before jerking his hand away, adjusting his wig, and running his hand along the side of it.
bE0Q TIL Aborigines were chained by the neck and force fed salt to help explorers find waterholes in arid Western Australia