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TIL motorcyclists are almost 30X more likely to die than other motorists

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rV5M TIL that all modern cranes have a Fail limit: If the machine dispenses too many prizes in a given time period, it stops accepting coins and is out of order
VMOw8 TIL French banks are still using a very old rule to calculate Bank accounts Interest on a Biweekly basis, and none have implemented a daily calculation yet. Back in the days bankers were manually doing accounting twice a month.
ayNA TIL that Abraham Lincoln was an elite wrestler in his days before politics. He once challenged a crowd, saying, “I’m the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns.” The challenge went unanswered.
Brw8d TIL that Major-General Ulysses S. Grant ordered the expulsion of Jews from three states during the American Civil War - General Order No. 11 (1862)
deej TIL that on this date (June 12) in 1942 Anne Frank received an autograph book from her father for her 13th birthday. That book became her diary.