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

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wj57 TIL that there is still one US soldier that is being held captive by insurgents in Afghanistan and has been so since 2009. Release efforts to free him have currently stalled.
16y98 TIL in 1314 the Tour de Nesle affair was a scandal that saw the daughters-in-law of Philip IV accused of adultery, leading to their imprisonments & executions of their lovers. The severe shock may have contributed to Philip’s death months later & contributed to the start of the Hundred Years War
b9p7Z TIL Nancy Wake was a secret agent during WWII. In 1944, she led 7000 guerrillas to defeat 22000 German soldiers, killing 1400 Germans and only losing 100 men. They accounted for 70% of the Germans killed by the French resistance, yet their fatalities made up only 1% of the French resistance deaths.
Yxv7 TIL that carbon nanotubes were found in Damascus steel swords from the Seventeenth Century
R5Ylj Today I learned that famous British actor and composer Ivor Novello (after whom the awards are named) was sent to prison in 1944 for misuse of petrol coupons. He had been given the stolen coupons by an adoring fan.