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TIL that Scottish inventor Robert Anderson created the first true electric car in the 1830s

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WWP9 TIL two-thirds of private prison contracts have “occupancy guarantees” requiring states to pay a fee if they cannot provide a certain number of inmates.
nggb TIL Canada uses the poop emoji ? more than any other country, hearts ❤️ are number one in France even beating the standard smiley?, and Australia leads the world in alcoholic ? and drug related ?emojis
OEYR TIL At 26 locations across Canada, 35,046 German soldiers, sailors, airmen and potential insurgents were incarcerated under a program one later called “the best thing that happened to me.” A estimate 6,000 wanted to stay in Canada after the War.
Brrnr TIL that there were giant apex predator otters roaming China millions of years ago.
woPD6 TIL: Medieval cuisine had class constraints as it was believed that nobles had a more refined digestive system and therefore required finer food than peasants who could make do with bread and beans. Few cookbooks were made as most can't read, but the ones that did didn't specify temperature or time.