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TIL that since Uber was introduced in New York City in 2011, drinking-related car wrecks decreased by 25–35 percent in all boroughs.

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0wN9N TIL There is an artificial hill in Italy, over 100 feet tall, made entirely of empty olive oil pots, carefully placed over a period of 250 years by ancient Romans.
8KRL TIL an identity thief stole the identity of a surgeon and while aboard a Navy destroyer was tasked with performing several life saving surgeries. He proceeded to memorize a medical textbook just before hand and all the patients survived.
PYWOg TIL the human foot is one of the heaviest sweat producers on the body and contains 250,000 sweat glands. However, these eccrine glands produce sweat of mostly water and salt meant to cool you, and it has very little odor on its own.
wW5P TIL in 1940 two RAAF training planes collided in mid-air and as a result, locked together and formed a de-facto biplane. The “biplane” was landed safely by the pilot of the upper plane; there were no casualties.
4Zeb TIL the smell given off by books can be used to tell the age of the books, and how close the books are to degradation.