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TIL vibrations of cars make people sleepier

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Awlw TIL there is a charity you can donate your wedding gown to and they will have it converted into multiple gowns for families who have lost a baby. The gown is used for final photos and the burial.
pYPdZ TIL Michael Schumacher donated $10 million to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It was the highest individual donation made in the disaster that killed more than 220,000 people. Schumacher's bodyguard Burkhard Cramer, and Cramer's two sons, were killed in the tsunami.
woXR7 TIL Mel Gibson couldn’t get any studio to fund ‘Passion of the Christ’. Instead of scrapping the film, he chose to fund it by himself, an action which analysts labelled as “idiotic”. He spent $30M on the film & went on to make over $475M since he didn't have to split the profits
Brkwr TIL In 2016, the USFDA banned anti-bacterial soaps because they are not better, cleaner or safer than regular soap.
kJlZm TIL that mountain lions, cougars, panthers, and pumas are all the same animal