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TIL seat belts don’t make school buses safer, and may not be worth the added cost, according to NHTSA

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rxey TIL blackcurrant flavour is almost unknown in America because blackcurrant can spread disease to pine trees so was banned for most of the 20th century
mNLx TIL that a Japanese ship crashed on the Washington coast in 1833, its sailors were captured by Native Americans and enslaved before being freed by the intervention of the Hudson Bay Company
vk1K TIL the lyrics of O Canada in English talk about protecting the country, while in French they talk about the country protecting its people.
vEmR TIL that the main flavoring for root beer and the drug MDMA come from the same plant
W1GY TIL during the Tiananmen Square incident Chinese agents were tasked with spotting foreign journalists taking pictures from their hotel room windows. After determining their room number an entry team would batter down the door and try and seize any film.