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TIL Wikipedia can track the lineage of race horses as far back as their 17th century ancestors. (choose a horse to begin)

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wLNWM TIL about Aljamiado, the use of the Arabic script for transcribing European languages, namely Spanish and other Iberian languages of the time. Aljamiado has been used before as well as after the Inquisition by the Moriscos as a way for them to preserve their culture and religion.
JYBWv TIL that since Uber was introduced in New York City in 2011, drinking-related car wrecks decreased by 25–35 percent in all boroughs.
R7d7l TIL of John Howard Griffin - a white journalist who darkened his skin and travelled the deep south in 1959 in order to experience life in those states as a black man
OGDX1 TIL that medicines are the third largest cause of death in the world after heart and cancer.
P1Oyw TIL only 14% of Americans regularly wore seatbelts in the 80's and laws were considered violations of freedom. To regulate seatbelts, the Reagan administration told automakers to install airbags unless they persuaded 2/3 of states to pass seatbelt laws. New seatbelt laws were often weak, anyway.