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TIL that lawyer who helped Honda fight against rollover bars for quad bikes was killed in a quad bike accident.

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XEvvk Today I learned that the first competitive motor race was held in 1894 and was over a distance of 126km from the French cities of Paris to Rouen
OoRQe TIL of the 'Toddler's Truce', where no TV programmes were scheduled to air in post-war Britain between 6-7 PM. The thinking was that ending the programmes at 6 would give parents time to put children to bed before evening programmes began; it would remain in place until 1957
wLmmJ TIL The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation helped save the lives of 122 million children since 1990.
byE0 TIL that virtually all gold mined on the Earth was left behind by meteorite impacts.
QK6p TIL 30 percent of Mongolians still live a nomadic lifestyle.