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TIL People who drive Hummers get 5 times more tickets than a regular driver

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P1Zee TIL that Los Angeles and San Diego Purchase most of their water from a private corporation called 'The Wonderful Company', which functions as a holding company for billionaire couple Stewart and Lynda Resnick. POM Wonderful and FIJI Water are two of their business divisions.
R1ga TIL that surfers and other water-sport athletes commonly develop a bony outgrowth (exostosis) in their ear canals that requires surgery
OJMY TIL the inventor of television had the idea for how it would work at the age of 14 while plowing potatoes. He built the first working prototype 7 years later but died at the age of 64 in relative obscurity due to a series of legal battles.
QA5k TIL J.K. Rowling went from billionaire to millionaire due to charitable donations
R71Pl TIL of William Shepherd of the Expedition 1 crew on the ISS. He is a Navy SEAL, studied 3 types of engineering, and was award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.