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TIL drivers in Ohio receive a yellow “scarlet letter” license plate if they have been convicted of a DUI.

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6b8m TIL George Lucas originally intended to be a race-car driver, but in 1962, his car flipped, nearly killing him, and causing him to lose interest in racing.
8MJZ TIL that Mahi-mahi stay with their mate and if one of the pair is caught, the partner stays in the same location awaiting its mate to reappear.
R7yRj TIL The real-life inspiration behind Popeye the Sailor was a man named, "Frank 'Rocky' Fiegel."
5ZJr TIL of the Scoville scale for measuring the heat of peppers. The capsaicinoids are extracted and diluted until 3/5ths of expert tasters cannot taste the heat. The units refer to the number of drops of water used for dilution: 1 million means 1 drop of extract requires 1 million drops of water.
ydeM TIL In 2003, Pres. Bush started PEPFAR, providing antiretroviral drugs to African nations, lowering the AIDS rate by 10% and saving 1.1 million lives