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TIL that rumble strips cause an increase in roadkill. During winter, the salt that gets put on the road accumulates in the spaces of the rumble strips. Moose, elk, and deer view this as a convenient salt lick, and get hit by oncoming traffic.

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LQpx9 TIL the Canadian tuxedo refers to a denim double breasted jacket and matching jeans created by Levi's for Bing Crosby. Levi's was inspired in 1951 when Crosby was nearly escorted off a hotel's premises during a hunting trip in Canada because he and his hunting buddies were wearing denim
N97N TIL that after most US cities prohibited the use of lead pipes in the 1920’s, the Lead Industry Association mounted a propaganda campaign highlighting the “advantages” of lead over other materials. The LIA’s activities resulted in the proliferation of lead pipes for decades.
8e7B4 TIL that the Sultan of Morocco proposed a joint Anglo-Moroccan invasion of the West Indies that would expel Spain from the Caribbean and place their former colonies under joint Moroccan-English rule. Queen Elizabeth was intrigued but both she and the Sultan died in 1603, scuttling any plans.
awyMZ TIL children who were victims of bullying are consistently found to be at higher risk of being diagnosed with anxiety and depression in adulthood. They never truly get over it.
oN0L TIL That homosexuality in China was considered a “normal fact of life” and the appearance of homophobia is attributed to influence of Christianity and Islam.