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TIL the city of Medellin, Colombia reduced motorcycle assassinations by 39% when it banned male passengers from riding on the back of motorbikes

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8eMxL TIL that a school teacher once won a free trip to outer space but the rocketship blew up and everyone died
VMB70 TIL that only 12 people have won an EGOT (Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar and the Tony). They are: Richard Rogers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Whoopi Golberg, Scott Rudin, Robert Lopez.
GAGQQ TIL that cats have dreams too and I'm so happy
M74l7 TIL the state of Georgia in the Unites States has it's own Department of Defense and State Defense Force.
looMV TIL California accounted for nearly half of the U.S. solar electricity generating capacity in 2015