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TIL Allen Swift received a 1928 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly Phantom I new and maintained it meticulously before dying in 2005 as the oldest living person to own a car from new.

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RMvw TIL that Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A” deals with the negative effects of the Vietnam War on Americans, but is often misunderstood to be a patriotic or nationalistic anthem.
VM1O0 TIL powdered juice drinks like Tang were an absolute flop until astronauts took them into space for eating experiments in 1962. Astronauts preferred Tang over other all of the other drinks they brought to space because it was easy to make. It had nothing to do with flavor.
Rx0Q TIL 80% of Japan is considered uninhabitable
xmdD TIL : The Pittsburgh Penguins made Mister Rogers an honorary captain in 1991.
XEjaR TIL about the Uncombable Hair Syndrome(UHS), a disease that, as its name says, makes the hair of people impossible to comb, due to the triangular shape of the hair shaft.