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TIL that river turtles are the champions of ‘BUTT BREATHING’

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rNWg4 TIL before the invention of the American football helmet in the 1890s, players would often grow their hair long because they believed it protected them from head injuries.
eoMb TIL that most new cars have a safety feature that will automatically unlock all doors and have the hazards turn on after an accident. They also cut the main battery connection and the fuel pump relay, to prevent electrical fire and keep running emergency equipments.
Onrg TIL that Coke in a glass bottle “tastes better” because it’s made with sugar instead of corn syrup.
nBWr TIL A researcher found that it takes no more than 3.5% of the population of a country participating in sustained nonviolent civil disobedience to topple a totalitarian government
9YVLQ TIL when the territory of Wyoming applied to join the US, congress told them they'd have to stop letting women vote. Their response was "We will remain out of the Union one hundred years rather than come in without the women”. In 1890 they joined as the first and only state to allow women to vote.