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TIL there is a Formula 1 driver who cannot drive in his home country without an adult present.

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R597Q TIL grizzly bears and polar bears can interbreed. There have been 8 such instances documented, all tracing back to the same female polar bear
VBgPB TIL that in the late 1960s the construction of the Aswan Dam was going to lead to the loss of many Ancient Egyptian structures, so a coalition of 50 countries came together to dismantle the structures and reassemble them out of harm's way. This led to the creation of World Heritage Sites.
4gbX TIL: In 2011 The International Sperm Bank quit accepting donations by red heads
ADDJg In 2011, my partner and I moved to New York. Straight from Austria without knowing what to expect.
KO466 TIL in 2005 there was an erroneous Emergency Alert TV/radio broadcast in Connecticut that called for the evacuation of the entire state. Residents did not evacuate, and the most common response was to simply change the channel.