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TIL 96 Percent of Americans use automatic cars while 80 Percent of Europeans use manual

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XBPr TIL there is a phenomenon called VIP syndrome, where physicians deviate from standard care to accommodate VIPs, sometimes with disastrous results
QNXga TIL researchers testing the Infinite Monkey theorem: Not only did the monkeys produce nothing but five total pages largely consisting of the letter "S", the lead male began striking the keyboard with a stone, and other monkeys followed by urinating and defecating on the machine
J1a1m TIL as a research student, Lawrence Bragg figured out how to use X-ray to study the atomic structure. His breakthrough discovery earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics at age 25.
Xxr8 TIL for 15 years London, Ontario contained the largest concentration of serial killers in the world
P1Kbg TIL of Shabani, a western lowland gorilla in Japan who's REALLY good looking, enough for an increase in younger female visitors to his zoo.