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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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4rZo TIL the Voltaire quote co-opted by the far-right movement, “to learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise” is actually a false quote attributed to Voltaire, and was likely first used by White Supremacist Kevin Strom in 1993, 215 years after Voltaire’s death.
MeJEV TIL that some plants such as trees are able to communicate with each-other through fungi networks around their roots, and that certain plants can exhibit a form of memory. These, among other things, suggest that plants could have a form of intelligence.
l0wN TIL Scottish mountains over 3000 feet are called “Munros”. Other hills/mountains in the UK and Ireland over 150 metres are called “Marilyns”. The pun is intentional.
LkQ4v TIL Native Americans in the 1964 movie 'Cheyenne Autumn', (because no one on the set spoke their language) would say crude remarks that made it into the movie. In the scene where the treaty is signed, you can hear (but not understand) them mocking the size of the colonel's penis
P1M7O TIL: According to British historian Niall Ferguson, out of all recorded conflicts which occurred since the year 387 BC, France has fought in 168 of them, won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10; this makes France the most successful military power in European history in terms of number of fought and won.