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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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7dXZ TIL texting and driving is about 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated
R7x5a TIL Cult Toons was cartoon that ran from 1999 to 2000 on Cartoon Network. The show was a series of seemingly irrelevant and obscure clips from films and cartoons edited together for comedic purposes and had a very surreal and non sequitur quality. Often featuring Andy LeBeau suddenly exploding.
5Yl68 TIL of an ongoing soviet fox domestication experiment that selectively bred for 'friendliness'. After a few generations the foxes had other surprising traits like better social skills, larger litter sizes, curlier tails, droopier ears and showed skeletal changes (making them look 'cuter', like dogs)
GYQ6N TIL that meowing isnt a natural part of cat language. It is developed almost exclusively to communicate with humans.
awa9J TIL that about 16% of wild birds have been known to hybridize with other species of birds. The mallard can hybridize with at least 40 other species. The extent of hybridization calls into question the modern definition of "species".