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Today I learned that manual shift is still the majority in the rest of the world, except in the US, while automatic is close to 96%.

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7wD7 TIL that the Denver police uses a Smelloscope to find pot smokers that don’t comply with the Denver “odour ordinance”
a8OGA TIL when Coney Island's Steeplechase amusement park burned down in 1907 the park's owner placed a sign the next day that read "On this site will be built a bigger, better, Steeplechase Park. Admission to the burning ruins — Ten cents"
KYYPQ TIL about the almost completely unknown story of Félicette, a stray Parisian cat who was the only cat successfully launched into space - only to be euthanased weeks after
v1JJj TIL the first US President to be photographed while in office was William H. Harrison in 1841. 48 years later, in 1889, his grandson Benjamin Harrison became the first US President to have his voice recorded
epypb TIL that Apollo 12 3rd stage has been orbiting the earth-sun-moon system for over 50 years