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TIL that it is possible for additional roadways to create more traffic rather than alleviate it, known as Braess' Paradox

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evX5 TIL that Janet Leigh, Marion Crane in Psycho, was so affected by the shower scene that she no longer took showers unless she absolutely had to. She would lock all doors and windows and leave the shower door open. She never realized until she watched the film “how vulnerable and defenseless one is”.
vPV7r TIL Paul Reubens' final public performance as Pee Wee Herman was for a one time stint as a radio DJ on KCRW on November 26, 2021 and the show was called "the Pee-wee Herman Radio Hour."
nWDvB TIL that Honorius IV was the last pope to have been married. He was ordained after his wife's death and was later elected pope (at the age of 75) in 1285.
DjRv TIL Canada was so nice to their POW’s during World War 2 that almost 20% of them requested to stay after the war.
WkMko TIL Charles Darwin & his wife were first cousins. They had 10 kids, 7 making it to adulthood. Worried that his marriage had something to do with the deaths, he began to experiment with plants. He learned that with any kind of breeding, it's better to cross-breed than to keep relatives together.