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TIL all San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board-members are required to ride transit at least once a week

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0dm0v TIL Pakistan has the highest rate of diabetes in the world, with almost one-third of the adult population affected
jbDX TIL American Airlines once offered a lifelong unlimited first class ticket for $350K. 64 were purchased, and they were used by the passengers far more than expected. The CEO ended up personally asking them to be bought out, and was refused.
Y7ZW TIL that the stronger a man is physically, the more likely his political beliefs will be aligned with his own selfish interests as opposed to the common good.
4Xy0N TIL Hong Kong has a color-coded warning system for rain
QJ7kk TIL of an 18th century racehorse named Potoooooooo, originally named Potato by his owner. A stable boy was instructed to write the horses' name on a feed bin, which he spelled Potoooooooo (Pot-8-Os). The owner was so amused that he adopted the spelling. Potoooooooo amassed 34 wins over 7 years.