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TIL: The Salem Witch Trials were probably caused by everyone being high on hallucinogenic mold…

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x65yw TIL: Your car's VIN (vehicle identification number) shows its country of origin, engine size, model year, vehicle type, trim level and manufacturing factory. The first 3 digits/letters identify the country, positions 4 to 9 describe the vehicle, and 10-17 is the vehicle identifier section.
7PmM TIL that in 2009, Oklahoman cops tasered an 86-year old disabled woman in her bed for taking a ‘more aggressive stance’. There made sure she would not resist further by stepping on her oxygen line until she couldn’t breathe.
7nlX TIL that migrating butterflies can reach heights of over 3000 feet and speeds of 30mph
0wm0R TIl Japan is so successful at returning lost property that 130,000 mobile phones, or 83% of those reported missing, were returned to their owners in 2018.
VAvk TIL the Australian skink (a lizard species) lays eggs in some regions and gives live birth in others, thus illustrating evolution in real time