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TIL Fifteen minutes of shivering from cold temperatures can be the metabolic equivalent of 1 hour of exercise.

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Z8OVQ TIL that German cars have an option to turn parking lights on only on one side (towards the road) to make parking safer on narrow European streets in the dark whilst consuming half the power.
XEBDQ TIL Steve Martin leaked his own rider, which includes a roasted chicken to use as a dancing puppet, a pair of swim trunks in case there is a pool onstage, and a booklet called "How to Make Money From the Banjo". (The booklet must be more than two pages long.)
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