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TIL: Australia uses giant stop signs projected on sheets of water to prevent tunnel crashes [x-post from r/cars]

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BrYxK TIL the typical American household has an average of $8,863 in their savings account. This varies greatly by age though, with ages 34 and younger who are single having $2,729, while ages 75 and older who are single only having $9,981.
WRg4 TIL that there are 78 species and subspecies of animals and plants that are extinct in the wild. All of them exist only in zoos or nature preserves.
gXaX TIL In 1935 German engineers created a streamlined motorcycle with the engine in the front wheel. There was likely only one made and it’s current location is unknown.
oBlAL TIL there is an adult Asian elephant with dwarfism living wild in Sri Lanka. Standing around 50% of normal adult size, it is not the result of intentional breeding. It is thought to be the only case of its kind.
l7n1 TIL that Robert Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline lived to the age of 96, he attributed his longevity to the spoonful of Vaseline that he ate every day.