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TIL slow drivers, not speeders, are statistically more likely to be involved in an accident.

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N7n6P TIL that the belief that "lactic acid" causes muscular "burn" while exercising is FALSE. It's actually "the breakdown of ATP for energy creates the release of hydrogen ions in the bloodstream" that causes the burn.
ryVy TIL The Slender Man is protected by copyright by Eric Knudsen, the man who originally came up with the concept on SomethingAwful
vPvpL TIL France banned serving alcohol with school lunches in 1956, but only for kids under 14.
AAQw TIL it is still legal to kill Scots in the English city of York, as long as they are carrying a bow and an arrow
x0J5 TIL China is the birthplace of the seismograph. Built in 132 AD, it consisted of 8 metal dragons holding 8 carved balls over 8 frogs. If an earthquake made the ground vibrate, the dragon facing the quake’s source would drop a ball into the mouth of its corresponding frog.