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TIL: There are some cars that attract women and others that drive them away.

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VDwZ TIL that every voter in India has the right to a conveniently located polling station. This includes taking a voting machine deep into the forest for just one guy.
rRWWo TIL organizers of the Woodstock festival claimed to the authorities in Bethel, NY, that less than 50,000 people would turn up, despite selling 186,000 tickets in advance. The festival ultimately drew an audience of over 400,000, and both Bethel and NY State banned such events in its wake.
m1JEO TIL, screensavers were created to avoid images getting permanently burned into the phosphorescent screens of CRT monitors
d8KGr TIL During the Winter War, Finns used mannequins posing as officers to draw fire from Soviet snipers. The Finns would then return fire with the Lahti L-39, a 20 mm anti-tank rifle.
b98bQ TIL that when people are blind from birth they don’t see black. They don’t see darkness, they just don’t see anything at all. They see less than darkness