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TIL British Taxi Drivers are exempt from wearing car seatbelts.

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XA1X TIL that Pythagoras believed that ‘So long as men slaughter animals they won’t stop killing each other.’
rJP4 TIL the “Loony Gas Building” was the name given to an old Standard Oil plant in 1924 after every single man who worked there was hospitalized for insanity… 5 of which died. The plant was manufacturing a new, breakthrough product: leaded gasoline additive.
9l0M TIL that, after Harry Houdini piloted the first airplane over the skies of Australia, he proclaimed that the world may forget his performances as an escape artist, but they would never forget he was the first person to fly a plane in Australia.
l7XGK TIL that vulture bees are a kind of bee that feed on rotting meat and produce a decay-resistant edible glucose product resembling honey. This is mistakingly called “meat honey” because it’s not actual honey, while the honey that bees do have is of unknown origin.
n0NY TIL that when the mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II needed to be moved to Paris for restoration, it was issued an Egyptian passport that listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”. The mummy was received with the full military honours usually accorded to royalty.