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TIL it is legal to drive a motorcycle between moving cars ("lane splitting") in California

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Ooxv7 TIL: Callery Pear tree flowers smell like semen
8eam4 TIL that the first nuclear submarine used wooden bearings for its propeller; Lignum Vitae is the hardest traded wood, fourth hardest wood ever discovered, and is "self oiling".
P1N4O TIL about La Belle Otero, a 19th-century Spanish courtesan with hypnotic black eyes, famous for her numerous high profile lovers. Six men allegedly committed suicide over her. She inspired hotel architecture with her figure, amassed $25M, lost it all gambling, and died penniless at 96.
9YjRm TIL In 1944, a crossword writer for The Daily Telegraph caused alarm at MI-5 by accidentally publishing information on the impending D-Day landings. "Utah", "Omaha", "Overlord" and other codewords all appeared in his work a month before the invasion. It turned out to be entirely harmless chance.
nmW7 TIL in 2012 a Chinese general remarked, “After my visit to North Korea, I truly believe 100 children with water guns can defeat the entire North Korean Military with ease”