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TIl that in 2021 two rival taxi operators were involved in a dispute over lucrative taxi routes in Cape Town South Africa. It escalated into a full blown armed conflict that killed 83 people

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pYOGb TIL that the original text to Little Richards Tutti Frutti (song) was about anl-sx.
GYe71 TIL that although Balto is famously accredited for the 1925 Alaskan serum run, it was actually another Siberian Husky named Togo that lead the most perilous leg of the relay. Togo ran over 300 miles while the other relay sled teams, including Balto, averaged around 31 miles.
MmoB TIL that North Carolina has a tax on the purchase of illegal substances. Users of illegal drugs are supposed to purchase a stamp and place it on the containers of their drugs as proof that they have payed the tax.
4kXPJ TIL British duo The Chemical Brothers used to call themselves The Dust Brothers (from the US duo of the same name) on their early days. They had to change it from Dust to Chemical shortly before releasing their 1st album because the US Dust Brothers threatened them to sue them if they didn't.
VB51G TIL “The birdcage logic is a psychological phenomenon showing our cognitive and behavioral inertia.”