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TIL vibrations of cars make people sleepier

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dmoQ TIL 800 different languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city on Earth.
m1n9p TIL despite sporting the same name and logo, Mitsubishi Pencil Co. (of Uni/Uni-ball fame) has never been a part of Mitsubishi Group.
OGYYa TIL that Mexico banned any visual depiction of Elvis including television or movies for 11 years, by law, because of 2 riots at the Mexican premiers of 'King Creole' and 'GI Blues'. A stunt double had to be used to film exterior scenes shot in Mexico for 'Fun in Acapulco'.
KbPw TIL the ellipsis (three dots…) is it’s own Unicode character (U+2026). Try highlighting just one of these dots… This is why you get interesting spacing when typing out strings of periods on Microsoft Word, it tries to autocorrect 3 periods in a row into ellipses thus slightly changing the spacing.
vPg44 TIL Venus is further from the sun than Mercury but it is the hottest planet in the solar system. The high temperature is due to a runaway greenhouse effect caused by its dense atmosphere, which is primarily composed of carbon dioxide.