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TIL Uber Hasn't Had An Effect On Drunken-Driving Deaths

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NXk01 TIL in a group of 23 people, there is a 50% chance of two people sharing the same birthday. The probability increases to 99% for a group of 50 people.
GkBg TIL Ron L. Hubbard awarded himself his PhD because he owned the university from which he graduated.
OoQ8Y In a new study in Science, a team of linguists at the University of Zurich uses biomechanics and linguistic evidence to make the case that the rise of agriculture thousands of years ago increased the odds that populations would start to use sounds such as f and v. The idea is that agriculture introduced a range of softer foods into human diets, which altered how humans' teeth and jaws wore down with age in ways that made these sounds slightly easier to produce.
GYnLE TIL that a wellness blogger who faked brain cancer was fined $410,000 for a scam involving her claims that her cancer was cured through nutrition and alternative therapies.
YpP7W TIL in May 1980, after blood tests found a significant portion of Love Canal residents suffered chromosome damage from toxic waste buried under their homes, homeowners, upset over lack of federal action, held two EPA officials hostage. This action spurred the federal Superfund program to be passed.