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TIL Mississippi is the only U.S. state that allows people to drink alcohol while driving, as long as their blood alcohol level stays below the legal limit

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NXb9e TIL: A Stanford study showed that most humans are aroused by robots. Participants were hooked up with electric sensors and were asked by a robot to touch it in 13 areas. 90% showed arousal when touching the butt or crotch. The research has implications for artificial systems and robot design.
ZjPB TIL In 1922-23 the United States funded a massive famine relief effort in the Soviet Union. Thousands of kitchens fed 10.5 million Soviet citizens a day. This consequently helped stabilize the Lenin government.
grE4y TIL that how ‘Lubrication' provided by tiny air bubbles released from under the feathers could allow penguins to gain enough speed to leap out of the water and onto the ice shelf And scientists are mimicking this robots.
QV0d TIL that when you’re looking at the Sagittarius constellation you’re actually looking into the center of our galaxy.
WP5o TIL A man faked his death to make his wife realise how much she missed him. He left his clothes on the beach and placed an anonymous call to police to say he’d just seen a naked man walk into the sea. But he was soon discovered and his wife filed for divorce after learning about the prank.