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TIL California's vehicle emission laws are stricter than those of the EPA. Cars made for sale in the US are made with those standards in mind so they can be sold all over. Often, the EPA adopts California's standards a few years after the state institutes them.

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x6yg1 TIL myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has an economic impact of 36–51 billion dollars per year in the USA, yet historical research funding is far below that of comparable diseases
WkREN TIL that the lyrics of the English-language version of Peter Schilling's 1983 song "Major Tom" have almost nothing to do with the original German lyrics.
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N75kQ TIL: That anesthesiologists, neuroscientists and researchers dont really know how anesthesia works.