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TIL the original VW Beetle operated it’s windshield washers by using air pressure from the spare tire. The spare was purposely overinflated to accommodate this function.

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GY5DG TIL about the Oslo Breakfast, a meal that began to be served to Norwegian schoolchildren starting 1932. A typical version included an orange, milk, whole-wheat bread, rye biscuit, cheese, carrot and a spoon of cod-liver oil. It reportedly increased the average height of 14 year olds by 4 inches.
yQPjw TIL That elephants show a preference for tusk use, just as humans have a dominant hand. Research shows that the majority of elephants are righties.
9YXvG TIL that in 2006, the 54 billionaires living in the UK paid a total of £14.7m in tax. James Dyson alone paid £9m of that.
0wX8A TIL that Robert Hill, a Jamaican entertainer, was driving when a police car ran a red light and hit him. He took video of the Jamaican police coming into his house and threatening him not to seek damages. He was later shot by the police, who called it a "shootout", after releasing the video.
VMrKD TIL Snapple tried to break the world record for the biggest Popsicle only to fail and flood Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.