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TIL A study of 25 car companies in regards to their data collection practices discovered that they all collect "more than necessary". Certain companies like Nissan and Kia include "sexual activity info" as part of the data they're allowed to collect under their user agreements

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9MpB TIL there is a bacteria that can survive with almost no nutrients in a spacecraft assembly clean room and is resistant against the sterilization measures used there.
xVy6o TIL captive bred Poison Dart Frogs are not toxic because of their diet.
0weLp TIL that Randy Bachman (of Bachman Turner Overdrive) wrote the stammering parts in their hit ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’ to tease his brother Garry, who had a speech impediment when he was younger.
9YdaG TIL Woodrow Wilson is the only U.S. president to have a doctorate degree, technically allowing him the title “Dr. President”
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