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TIL That Ohio issues “Scarlet Letter Plates” to people who are given limited driving privileges because they were convicted of a DUI.

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e0LxL TIL prior to the Segway being unveiled in 2001 there were months of hype and fanciful predictions. Steve Jobs predicted future cities would be designed around it and others claimed it would be the most important invention since the computer. There was even speculation it was a teleportation pod.
VPOZ TIL a 16-month old baby developed an adult size penis due to his father’s use of AndroGel
Wkl1L TIL: Popular DJ Steve Aoki is the heir to the Benihana restaurant franchise
rNwN0 TIL that when it comes to hand washing, the water is having the greatest impact on getting rid of grime and microbes, not the soap. However, hand washing with soap and water is still significantly better than water alone.
oBQxK TIL the Fibonacci Sequence was identified by ancient Indian author Pingala around 200 BC. Writing about meters in Sanskrit poetry, he also described binary numbers (in the form of short & long syllables, similar to Morse code), Pascal's Triangle, and the first known explicit reference to zero.