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TIL: In 1904 people were driving electric cars with 100 mile ranges and they cost $2500.

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1Yar TIL in 2008 Nadya Suleman, mother to six children, was implanted with 12 embryos via in vitro fertilization. She gave birth to octuplets (eight babies – all survived) and was dubbed “Octomom”. Dr. Michael Kamrava lost his medical license due to of his “extreme departure from standard of care”.
Y7nZG TIL humans are in the same Superorder as rats, so we are closer related to rats than shrews are related to rats.
pY6o8 TIL it rains fish in a Honduran town every year.
OGoY7 TIL The person who voiced the iconic whispered line of, "If you Build It, He Will Come", in the 1989 film, "Field of Dreams", has never been confirmed.
YpmaA TIL Entomophagy refers to insect-eating. Roughly 2 billion people (over 25% of the world's population) regularly eat insects as part of their diet. Despite being inexpensive, eco-friendly, and high in protein, the West is the only region where insects are not eaten.