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TIL That on modern cars there is a little arrow on the fuel gauge to help you when it's time to refuel. It tells you which side of the vehicle has the fuel tank and filler cap.

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W7pKN TIL that Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language, had a brother named Paul.
AYKl TIL there exists a photograph of a man who served in the Revolutionary War under George Washington. He is also believed to be the earliest born person ever captured in a photo.
loB97 TIL an original VHS copy of “The Little Mermaid” is worth hundreds because a castle spire on the cover resembles a penis.
Lgrp TIL that Jazz musician Billy Tipton lived for 74 years, had four sons, and several wives; and none of them knew that Billy Tipton had female body parts, Tipton went to great lengths to disguise birth gender; making up a big web of fascinating lies
QNLZd TIL that during WW2, the US government confiscated brass decor from theaters to use in the war effort. The Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago painted all of their brass white to hide it from the government. The brass was then forgotten about until a 1999 renovation.