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TIL that in the US, small business owners are incentivised to buy large, heavy cars rather than small, efficient ones.

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78bxr TIL that Christopher Plummer was a great-grandson of 3rd Canadian Prime Minister John Abbott
p856e TIL t-shirts developed from workers cutting jumpsuits in half to stay cool, they were originally marketed as "bachelor undershirts", and F Scott Fitzgerald was the first person to use t-shirt in writing.
PWGO TIL Portugal decriminalised the possession of all drugs for personal use in 2001. The reality is that Portugal’s drug situation has improved. Most notably, HIV infections and drug-related deaths have decreased, while the dramatic rise in use feared by some has failed to materialize.
x6EyB TIL australia is such a poor and backwards country that the "democracy sausages" they use to bribe people to vote, are not even given to them in buns, they put it in a regular slice of bread instead
BrbOr TIL that 1 in 3 middle aged men are affected by baldness on their lower legs. This pattern of hair loss is extremely common yet hardly studied. Leg crossing, trouser rubbing and friction have all been suggested as causes, but no study has demonstrated what the actual cause is.