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TIL that drivers over 85 have almost twice as many fatalities per mile travelled as teenagers in the US.

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wDY6 TIL that French people name their dog according to the year. An alphabet letter is allotted to each year (except K, Q, W, X, Y, Z); the dog’s name starts with the letter. So, if you know a dog’s name, you know its age.
N75BJ TIL about the Ovitz family, the largest family of dwarves ever recorded, and the largest family to be sent to Auschwitz and survive.
D1lKg TIL that the first "phone book" contained no phone numbers and wasn't a book. It was a sheet with the names of 50 people and businesses in New Haven, CT that owned a telephone
Vyrk TIL Instead of donating money to the New York Food Bank, Toyota offered “kaizen”, a Japanese word meaning “continuous improvement”. Toyota sent its engineers to the soup kitchen and reduced wait time from 90 to 18 minutes.
dDwjj TiL After the Monkees broke up, Peter Tork briefly worked as a high school teacher in the mid-70's. He taught music, social studies, math, French and history, and coached baseball at several schools.