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TIL that a man participating in a protest ride against mandatory helmet laws crashed his motorcycle and died because he wasn’t wearing a helmet.

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XEWOE TIL that Paul Salopek is on a 24,000 Mile Walk Across the Earth. He started in Africa and is now in China. Retracing the journey of mankind. It’s called out of Eden Walk.
O0Pa TIL the popular 90’s energy drink ‘SURGE’ can still be bought in Norway under the name 'URGE’
e088b TIL the CEO of Levi’s says that you are never supposed to wash your jeans. Instead, spot clean them with a toothbrush, or toss them into a freezer.
1vaW TIL it only takes a gallon of fuel to move 1 ton of material 500 miles by rail.
yvxJ TIL that horseshoe-crab blood, at $60,000/gallon, is valued to such an extreme degree because it is not only employed worldwide in bacterial contamination tests, it is also used in testings for every single drug approved by the FDA, making it a $50 million/year industry.