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TIL Bicycles are the most efficient machine ever made (98% efficiency)

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KOd8E TIL Flexitarianism / Semi-Vegitarianism is a movement trying to encourage people to eat more plant based diets without going strict anti-meat etc.
0daYj TIL a father (5 years) & son (4 years) were sentenced to prison after they cashed in 14,000 winning lottery tickets over a 10-year period, laundered more than $20m, & then failed to pay the IRS $6m. They bought the tickets at a discount from people who wanted to avoid being identified by the state.
Bavk TIL Daryl Hall and John Oates (Hall & Oates) first met each other in a service elevator of a club, while fleeing from gunfire between two rival gangs.
WkeD9 TIL height in poor countries correlates with protein quantity and height in developed countries correlates with protein quality.
wLpv6 TIL that “cut” in cut, copy, paste not only deletes, but it also copies at the same time