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TIL that Westervill, OH, was dry for over 70 years, serving its first legal beer in 2006

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yL6l TIL that Nissan used the number 23 in racing because the number 2 translates to ni. And, the number 3 translates to san. 23 translates to ni-san.
M7AWb TIL Kentucky has the strictest school bus safety standards in the USA, e.g. requiring 9 emergency exits. It was in response to a tragic 1988 school bus crash where a fire killed 27 trapped children and adults. The 1977 bus had only 2 exits and ran off flammable gasoline held in an unprotected tank.
7OOp TIL that there is little proof that antioxidants are actually healthy [Harvard School of Public Health].
9YYj6 TIL that Songdo City in S. Korea uses pneumatic tubes in all apartments to transport waste to a central disposal center
JYYQQ TIL of the Hypoalgesic effect of swearing which has has shown that the use of profanity reduces the sensation of pain. Swearing in response to pain activates the amygdala which in turn triggers a fight-or-flight response. This then leads to a surge in adrenalin, a natural form of pain relief.