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TIL tailgating, or riding someone’s bumper, actually causes traffic jams, slowing everyone down

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QJMN9 TIL Asian elephants are more closely related to Wooly Mammoths than they are to African Elephants
ZpAjG TIL that in the late 19th Century, German immigrants were among the first to cultivate oranges in California and on the West Coast, forever transforming the agriculture and economy of that region of the United States.
j6GdQ TIL in the 1960s, NASA developed the Maximum Absorbency Garment (MAG) for astronauts, incorporating superabsorbent polymers to help manage bodily fluids and solids during space missions. The technology inspired the highly absorbent materials used in modern disposable diapers.
WkYyB TIL there was a type of cave goat that were cold blooded, had front facing eyes like a primate unlike other herbivores, and their bone growth was more similar to a crocodile than any other mammal. It went extinct about 5,000 years ago.
7rMOx TIL that Volvo gave away the 1962 patent for their revolutionary three-point seat belt for free, in order to save lives.