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LyVV TIL Smoking while driving is banned in North Korea on the grounds that a smoking driver cannot smell a problem with the car.
0wQJA TIL the melody used by the Boney M hit "Rasputin" actually comes from a Turkish folk song called "Katibim."
Z8wnv TIL The bezel on a dive watch only turns counterclockwise so that if the bezel is bumped accidentally during a dive it will only move in one direction, subtracting time from the dive and prompting the diver to surface early rather than staying under for too long.
p80gA TIL the inventor of the sewing machine had a dream where cannibals were going to cook him. In the dream their spears had holes at the tip that they raised up and down. This inspired him for the breakthrough of the machine, putting a hole at the tip instead of the base.
54Lr TIL a 2012 survey by Yoga Journal found that only 18 percent of yoga practitioners are men. Many men say they easily get bored doing it or that their bodies aren’t built for pretzellike poses