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TIL that Bike Helmet Law was defeated in Denmark partly because “the overwhelming evidence is that enforced helmet laws lead to very much less cycling, particularly for utility journeys and amongst young people.”

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9aRG TIL when Matthew McConaughey was arrested for possession of marijuana in 1999, police found him playing the bongos and dancing, naked, while another man joined in and clapped along.
QJZJd Til of Gwangju Massacre in 1980 where hundred of civilians and students were killed by the dictatorship army.
vPXBR TIL During WW2, Juan Pujol Garcia, an apparent Spanish businessman, played a role in convincing the Nazis that the Allies were planning to stage the majority of the landings in Pas de Calais, rather than the Normandy coast. Garcia was working for the British intel., who referred to him as Garbo
eN15 TIL in 1966 Ronald Reagan wrote Jelly Belly a thank you letter for “keeping the state gov running smoothly” as the jelly beans worked as an alt. to smoking, allowing them to get through meetings and make decisions
epkG6 TIL that natural disasters increase fertility rates