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TIL: Adding lanes to highways doesn’t reduce traffic, it increases it…a phenomenon called induced demand

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R5Mv6 TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch
nebJW TIL the Russian victory over Napoleon using attrition warfare was inspired by George Washington's victory over the British in the American Revolution.
JlmQ TIL an area of Canada nearly twice the size of Texas was almost renamed “Bob” after politicians in the Northwest Territories asked residents to propose a new name. The campaign to name the territory Bob began as a prank, but thousands supported it. Politicians and Aboriginal leaders were not amused
78gxL TIL of Jacco Macacco, a ~5kg ape of unknown species, who, after attacking his sailor-mates over some milk, went on to become Britain's most famous pit-fighting monkey, defeating 14 dogs in a row. His gory death, in his fight with the famous bitch Puss, led MPs introduce animal cruelty legislation
R5Lwj TIL that Boris Yeltsin lost 2.5 fingers on his left hand when trying to open up a grenade as a teenager