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TIL the first time a person was charged with drunk driving using an EV was on 10 September 1897

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e00JJ TIL that during the summer of 1968 during which philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was arrested for civil disobedience, President Charles de Gaulle intervened and pardoned him, commenting that "you don't arrest Voltaire".
69WbW TIL about Intercollegiate Meat Judging. Where American Universities compete against one another to see which team can best evaluate cuts of beef, pork and lamb based on criteria such as quality, yield grading, and eye-balling the quantity of fat v. muscle.
1aB9V TIL that ~2500 years before Ancient Rome, the Indus Valley Civilization had public baths, personal toilets, and a widespread system of brick and terracotta drainage ducts and the first instances of plumbing and in the ancient world.
6eMw TIL prong horned antelope have 10x vision, which means on a clear night they can see the rings of Saturn.
ak0o TIL that New York City’s Flatiron building used to cause enough of downdraught to lift the skirts of women passing by, giving a “daring” view of their ankles and legs. The phenomenon was notorious and resulted in groups of young men regularly gathering on 23rd street to watch.