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TIL Swedish-built cars -- Saabs and Volvos -- are specifically reinforced so that the occupants will survive if they hit a moose.

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dDrOE TIL that an 18 year old called John Horwood was hanged for murder in Bristol and his skin was used to bind his trial transcripts. The transcript book is currently in the M Shed in Bristol’s Prince’s Wharf.
e0oKJ TIL that there is a tree called the Idiot Fruit tree (Idiospermum australiense) which only occurs in Australia’s Daintree rainforest. It is also known as the green dinosaur due to it dating back over 100 million years.
kORmd TIL that multiple studies have shown that CEOs with MBAs more likely to fail than non-MBA CEOs.
oRR9R TIL that there have been only been a handful of reported cases of Giant Bladder. In one case, an 80-year old man was found to have his bladder enlarged to a volume of almost 11 liters.
M7epW TIL Benito Mussolini denied the existence of homosexuality in Italy.