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TIL Owning an electric car in Norway grants you free public parking, free ferry trips and the right to drive in bus lanes

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eNk6 TIL Michael Jackson was bald and wore wigs to conceal it. Autopsy report confirms.
vPDyr TIL in December 2020, GoDaddy tricked employees into thinking they had earned a bonus of $650. Employees were then told they had failed a phishing test and were required to do social engineering training. After media criticism, the company apologized to its staff, but did not offer actual bonuses.
PDO TIL that a plane crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 20 people, because everyone onboard ran to one end of the plane and it became severely imbalanced. Why did they do this?-They were fleeing a crocodile! Also the croc survived the crash
pYMM8 TIL that the Northern treeshrew is the only mammal known to willingly consume spicy foods other than humans. This is due to a natural resistance to capsaicin.
E110w TIL of the "Kiss of Deaf," aka "Reiter's Ear-Kissing Syndrome (REKS)." It's a hearing loss syndrome caused by a direct kiss in the ear, and although it's temporary, it often causes permanent partial hearing loss.