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TIL Mexico has only one gun store.

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1ao6P TIL that Chinese-speakers can remember more digits than English-speakers because short-term memory operates phonologically and the number words in Chinese are all single syllables whereas their English counterparts can be multiple syllables.
gbP7 TIL The difference between Hotel and Motel is that Motel’s are “Motorist Hotels” in that they are designed to have large parking spaces, usually allow guests to park directly in front of their rooms and allow easy access to major roads.
VBErZ TIL about the McTrain, McDonald’s attempt in the '90s to turn dining service cars on German trains into mini restaurants. The cars had deep fryers, coffee machines, soda fountains, water heaters, and a 269-square-foot kitchen.
rNJn1 TIL that rockets are launched from near the equator because it gives them a large initial speed, helping reach space with less fuel. Over a 24-hour period, such places travel longer distances than places at higher latitudes, which means that they move faster and have more angular momentum.
Lk49 TIL That Magpies hold funerals for their dead