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TIL that "For EV fires, it's been always very difficult to pinpoint the exact root cause of the fire, because it is extremely difficult to 're-enact' the fire incident with the same conditions,"also; authorities, car makers and battery makers often do not disclose what the exact safety risk is

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OBYg TIL that in 1988, Cosmopolitan magazine published an article claiming that heterosexuals had little risk of contracting HIV, and that transmission was impossible in the missionary position, long after the best scientific evidence indicated otherwise.
O8me TIL that in 2007, a Bosnian couple found out that they had been cheating on one another in online chatrooms… with each other.
v5KR TIL, if people in the top 10% for alcohol consumption were to reduce their total consumption to that of the next lowest 10% group; alcohol sales would drop by 60% in the United States.
OG81X TIL the man invented revolving doors in the US did so because he was tired of being chivalrous and holding doors for women
KOgN6 TIL That Bloodhounds ears help them smell better. They act as a sort of "dust broom," dragging on the ground and trapping scents in their big ears and the folds of their skin.