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TIL that a gay bar in Australia won the right to ban women from the premises because they made the men feel uncomfortable and they wanted to ensure that their patrons were not subject to attempts to change their sexuality…

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008A TIL the tires for the Bugatti Veyron cost $42,000 per set and only last around 15 minutes at top speed.
JwKB TIL LEGO is the world’s number 1 tire manufacturer – 306 million rubber tires a year are produced
5p0p TIL wheeltappers used to use long-handled hammers to physically tap the wheels of trains, determining from the ringing sound if they were cracked or not.
rNRv0 TIL that the states of Mississippi and Alabama were originally part of the state of Georgia until officially recognized in 1802 when the state of Georgia accepted their borders and the territory of Mississippi which would later become the states of Mississippi and Alabama was formed.
ADex TIL the US-Canada border is the longest border in the world without a military defense.