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TIL 97% of NYC Hydrant Tickets are Issued within 7ft (despite law being 15 ft)

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BP7e TIL the state of Ohio gives out different colored license plates for those convicted of DUI
neaPo TIL about the War of the Heavenly Horses, in which China fought Greeks in Central Asia because the Chinese wanted Greek horses.
WRkX TIL a man survived in a sunken ship for nearly three days, 270 feet underwater, in pitch darkness, while listening to fish eat the corpses of his shipmates.
oWJW TIL reddit’s post ranking algorithm makes it nearly impossible for a post to stay on the front page if it’s more than 18 hours old
vPeJD TIL that during the Apache Wars in the American Southwest, the Apache would cut the Army's telegraph lines but reconnect the ends together with a strip of leather to make the break in the circuit nearly impossible to find.