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TIL great white sharks are attracted to AC/DC’s music

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P1Oyw TIL only 14% of Americans regularly wore seatbelts in the 80's and laws were considered violations of freedom. To regulate seatbelts, the Reagan administration told automakers to install airbags unless they persuaded 2/3 of states to pass seatbelt laws. New seatbelt laws were often weak, anyway.
e0dEL TIL many people would prefer administering electric shocks to themselves instead of being left alone with their thoughts.
O5ye TIL The militarized border between North and South Korea, with practically no human inhabitants, has become a refuge for multiple endangered species
1ardX TIL: Swedes use the term 'Curling Parents' for overprotective parents who - as in the ice game - sweep out all trouble in front of their kids
v1JvD TIL that in feudal Japan, merchants were at/near the bottom of the social hierarchy because they didn't produce goods. Artisans were a step above them because they produced non-essential goods and peasants were above artisans because they produced food.