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TIL of the Downs-Thomson Paradox, which states that congestion will slow car traffic down until it matches the speed of public transit. Road expansions at the cost of public transit can therefore lead to worse car traffic.

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ANO8g TIL the chair being used for King Charles’ coronation has been used in the crowning of 26 previous monarchs & is believed to be the oldest piece of furniture in the UK still used for its original purpose
VMPNm TIL a study in 2019 found the average American hasn’t made a new friend in five years, and 45 percent of adults say they find it difficult to make friends in general.
jgpQ TIL that reindeer are unable to walk and pee at the same time, so they have to take a bathroom break roughly every 6 miles. The distance between stops is so regular that in Finnish, this distance is known as “poronkusema” or “reindeer’s piss” and was a description of distances in the countryside.
gE0L TIL a man in Detroit bought a house next to his ex wife’s just to erect a giant middle finger statue for her to see everyday.
VM5JB TIL that Martin Luther King, Jr. Improvised the iconic part of ‘I Have A Dream’