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TIL that it is approximately 50% cheaper to drive an electric vehicle than it is to drive a vehicle that uses gasoline or diesel.

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ANMl7 TIL the Y chromosome is degenrarting and if it continues at same rate it will disappear in 4.6 milion years.
DoXr TIL that it would take 76 8-hour work days for the average person to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
XEjKj TIL the platypus is the only mammal that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. It is also one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom capable of causing severe pain to humans.
NZrN TIL Polish painter, Rafał Bujnowski, painted a photo-realistic self-portrait in black and white, had it photographed and enclosed the picture as his official photo in the U.S.A. visa application form. Eventually, the artist received a passport with a replica of his own painting.
PYEbJ TIL that the word “she” only appears once in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”