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TIL that lions mate roughly 3,000 times per cub

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Oopm1 TIL Volkswagen put out an electric car in 1984 called Golf citySTROMer. It had a range of 50 KM and a top speed of around 100 KM/h. Only 100 exemplars were ever produced until production ceased in 1985. Trivia: the word "strom" in German means "current".
KYWkR TIL Jayne Mansfield changed the trucking industry. Because of her death by ramming into the back of a semi truck in which she had severe head trauma, they adopted an underride guard which is sometimes known as a "Mansfield bar."
R7909 TIL Lawn darts are also banned in the USA in 1988 as they sent 6,000 people (81% were 15 or younger) to the ER in eight years. In Canada, lawn darts resulted in at least 55 serious injuries, so they were banned for sale in July 1989. The sale of second-hand lawn darts is also illegal.
epPkn TIL that Mary Lynn Rajskub — who played Chloe O’Brian on 24 — was originally only supposed to do four episodes of the show. “That stretched to six. And then they just kept hiring me.”
yQrxv TIL that Robert Craig McNamara, the son of the former United States Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, is an organic walnut farmer, expert in soil and sustainable farming, and president of California's state Board of Food and Agriculture