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TIL that an estimated 85 people die for every life saved by speed bumps, because while they slow down cars and save pedestrians they also slow down emergency vehicles that might otherwise save people.

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5YMKp TIL that counter strike was a mod of half-life created by two programmers which was released in 1999. Due to the popularity of the mod, sales for half-life went up and, subsequently, the two friends were hired by valve who also acquired the game’s intellectual property.
ADVpB TIL: American companies were THE number one entities that helped Germany rearm them selves after WWI, illegally.
KYAa6 TIL about the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery, the largest gold heist in British history. Robbers stole 3 tons of gold, valued today at ~£100M (then £26M). Much of the gold was never recovered and it is thought the rest made its way back into the legitimate market. Only two of the six robbers were jailed.
JYVnQ TIL of an ~800 year old charter that has been invoked this year to close a market held at the ironically named Free Trade Inn near Loughborough, UK, as it's within a protected 6 2/3 mile radius of the town, a protection granted by King Henry iii
BBQD TIL the American Family aSsociation began auto-correcting every instance of the word “gay” with “homosexual” within reposted articles on their news site, which led to them publishing an articles about Olympic sprinter Tyson Homosexual and basketball star Rudy Homosexual.