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TIL 87% of households in Thailand own a motorbike

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9wWB7 TIL of Formula Easter, a Formula One-type racing series created specifically for drivers/constructors from the communist bloc
oBGN8 TIL Diana Serra Cary, aka Baby Peggy, was one of the last living film stars of the Silent Era of Hollywood until her death in Feb 2020, working 8 hours a day 6 days a week as a child star. She later became a silent film historian and advocate for child actors' rights.
DrXD TIL The Hungarian serial killer Béla Kiss is thought to have murdered at least 23 young women and 1 man, and attempted to pickle them in giant metal drums. When WWI began, he was conscripted and left his house. When his crimes were discovered, he evaded capture and was never heard from again.
a80M9 TIL that unharvested asparagus will keep growing into a large fern
a8eko TIL Rudyard Kipling's 1889 short story was the first to use 'the world's oldest profession' to describe prostitution.