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TIL that in Portugal they have traffic lights that turn red if you are speeding

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Y785P TIL that the iconic Y.M.C.A. dance originated from a misunderstanding. The Village People's original dance choreography had them holding their hands above their heads to clap. Audience members misinterpreted this as a Y and added the other letters on their own in an episode of American Bandstand.
MGpB TIL Baboons were employed as goatherds by the Namaqua people in the 1800s right through till the 1960s. They would protect the herd and lead them back at dusk, often whilst riding one of the larger goats like a horse.
0971 TIL Charles Darwin in his work “On the Origin of the Species” stated: “I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.”
PRL TIL if you type 153349 followed by pressing the + and - keys simultaneously on most Canon calculators, you can play Tetris!
OG7P1 TIL that rats emit high-pitched squeaks that are considered their "laughter", which are out of the range of human hearing, in response to being tickled.