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TIL: WHen Ford was first creating the Model T’s, a lot of the car was made out of wood. With so much wood scrap, Ford discovered a use for all the waste wood: Charcoal briquettes. Eventually, Ford Charcoal was renamed after a relative of his: Kingsford.

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