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TIL Nearly Half a Million Vehicles Stolen in First Half of 2022 valued at 4.5 billion. | National Insurance Crime Bureau

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ep6JJ TIL that despite the popular belief that SOS stands for "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls", it actually doesn't stand for anything. SOS was developed because it was an easy sequence of letters to remember in Morse Code (three dots, three dashes, three dots).
aY0b TIL that after a ride on England’s first escalator, customers were offered a brandy to revive them of their ordeal.
OGQa TIL That there is a Vegetarian who Tattoos Live Pigs, in the name of Art.
e6g4 TIL Marie Curie’s research papers are still highly radioactive and to access them you must sign a waiver and wear protective clothing.
4xAo TIL that due to selective breeding watermelons, bananas, eggplants, carrots, corn and peach of centuries ago are virtually unrecognisable.