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Jul 06, 2020

TIL that seat belts were very controversial when they first appeared in cars during the 40s and 50s with many arguing that they caused injuries and didn't work, no matter how much researchers disputed these claims. Many people refused to wear them and even cut them out of their car seats.

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Jul 01, 2020

TIL: Most wasabi served outside of Japan isn't real wasabi, but a mixture of horseradish, mustard and food colouring. Authentic wasabi is the most expensive crop in the world to grow and is immensely difficult to cultivate. Once grated, wasabi root loses its flavour within 15 minutes.

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May 23, 2020

TIL: An estimated 8 million war horses were killed in conflict during WW I. They were used to help carry food, water, ammunition & medical supplies. More than a million dogs were also killed. They were used as messengers, sentries, rescuers, and small beasts of burden

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Feb 19, 2020

TIL that some farmers in Bangladesh are now raising ducks instead of chicken because ducks can float during floods.

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Feb 07, 2020

TIL that nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency.

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Oct 21, 2019

TIL 300,000 students in Monrtréal protested for over 100 days over a 75% hike in tuition prices.

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Oct 03, 2019

TIL that the final science exam for 8th grade students in Ketchikan Alaska is a 2 night survival trip on an uninhabited island.

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Sep 10, 2019

TIL a Florida professor caught 200 of his students in a cheating scandal and captured his lecture to them in a video he later posted online

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Aug 15, 2019

TIL that in 2016, the worlds tallest waterslide decapitated a 10 year old due to gross negligence and all charges were dismissed.

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Jun 23, 2019

TIL President Taft loved to eat roasted opossum, and even served it at Thanksgiving at the White House in 1909.

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Jun 08, 2019

TIL China banned Back to the Future because it contained time travel.

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Apr 24, 2019

TIL that while Alcoholics Anonymous claims the program, based on self-reported data, worked for 75 percent of people, a psychiatry professor from Harvard Medical School found the success rate to be actually only 5 to 8 percent.

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