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TIL that electric cars are so quiet, they’re required by law to produce artificial noise that mimics conventional engines to avoid pedestrians from getting hurt.

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MM1V TIL After President Reagan was shot he removed his oxygen mask to say, “I hope you are all Republicans."The doctors and nurses laughed, and Giordano, a liberal Democrat, replied, "Today, Mr. President, we are all Republicans.”
GAwlg TIL almost every third West Virginian is depressed - 29% (compared to 11.4% in Hawaii and 15.3% in California)
8wmZ TIL in 1953, the City of Niagara Falls bought a plot of land called “Love Canal” for $1 from a chemical company that had used the area as a dump. Despite warnings from the company, a school was built on the land. From 1974–1978, 56% of children in the area were born with birth defects.
O1j1 TIL that a 106-mile portion of I-70 in Utah has no gasoline or exits. It is the longest portion of the US Interstate system without services. A station at one end sells about 30 gas containers a week to people who run out on the highway and walk to the station.
nWd97 TIL that before creating the children’s character Blippi, actor Stevin John made shock videos under the name Steezy Grossman. He later used DMCA takedown notices to remove a video in which he performed the Harlem Shake on a toilet before defecating on his naked friend.