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Today I Learned That London Has A Fairly Large Population Of Wild Parrots That No-One Knows The Origin Of

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E1GLd TIL Planned and perceived obsolescence contributes to herd mentality and apathy in efficient use, recycling and reuse of resources.
0rER TIL Harriet Tubman suffered from narcolepsy. She developed the condition as a result of a head injury sustained when she defied an order from the slave master.
WkPN8 TIL the first sports bra was made in 1977 by sewing two jock straps together. Its literal test run was performed by of its two inventors: one jogging forwards wearing the Macgyvered prototype while her friend ran ahead, jogging backwards so she could assess her friend's "bounciness"
4xkR TIL in the 1930s, an Irish man named Michael Malloy survived being intentionally fed Antifreeze, Terpentine, Rat Poison, being left in -14 Degree Weather and getting hit by a taxi in a life insurance scam. His nickname became “Mike the Durable”.
gMvRb TIL that in some countries, it's not illegal to escape prison providing no other laws are broken, as it's human nature to want to escape.