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BgMwy TIL: In golf, if your ball lands near an animal with large teeth or venomous fangs, you're allowed to claim "free relief" and drop a new ball within one club's length of where the original ball landed.
N7Vp1 TIL that Carmel, IN has replaced almost all of their traffic lights by roundabouts. This led to an estimated 40% decrease in all accidents and 90% in fatal ones, saving $180,000 because of lower maintenance cost and several thousands of gallons of gas per roundabout per year
4Ze5 TIL the second Shah of Iran built a marble slide for his underground baths that was specifically designed for women in his harem to use to slide “into the arms of their lord and master before being playfully dunked in a pool.”
bAJ0 TIL A Russian MIG Pilot defected during the cold war along with his aircraft. When he arrived in the USA he was convinced the CIA had specially stocked the grocery stores he went to because he couldn’t believe the vast array of products for sale.
XExGj Til: On the French island of Ile de ré, the donkeys wear trousers. Because the marshes were thick with mosquitoes and other bugs, locals sewed pants to keep insects off the donkeys legs.