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TIL that in Russia, some rich people hire “ambulance taxis” to beat Moscow’s traffic jams

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v1J1K TIL Shakespeare didn't write alone - he had a co-writer for at least three of his plays ( Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen and a lost play called Cardenio)
N7MbQ TIL there was a book published in Einstein’s lifetime entitled “100 Authors Against Einstein” of which Einstein retorted, “if I were wrong, then one would have been enough!”
oBeaW TIL About Vincent Louis Gigante, an American mob boss who feigned insanity for 30 years to escape prosecution. Called “The Oddfather” and “The Enigma in the Bathrobe” by the press, he often wandered the streets of New York’s Village in his bathrobe and slippers, mumbling incoherently to himself.
XEK9X TIL about the existence of razor kite string, and it has been banned in India after three separate deaths during Independence Day celebrations 2016
R7oo9 TIL - It is well documented that for centuries, Koreans ate much more food than their Asian neighbors. A 19th century visitor wrote: "When it comes to serving fruits, for example with large peaches, even a person with the most restraint eats around ten; it is not uncommon to see a person eating 30".