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TIL Initially selling for around $850 when introduced in 1908 (around $20,000 in today’s dollars), the Model T would later sell for as little as $260 (around $6,000 today) for the basic no-extras model

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8Mr4 TIL the Russian gov’t drilled a ~15km (49,000 ft) borehole into the Earth’s surface but couldn’t continue due to temperatures in excess of 180 °C (356 °F)
4lD6 TIL that Tul Bahadur Pun was a Gurkha who won the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest award for Valor in combat in WWII, and was denied a visa to live there because he ‘failed to demonstrate strong ties to the UK.’
KYXvJ TIL that Marvin the Martian has a dark spherical head with big eyes because he is supposed to be an alien ant. He was even called Antwerp before his name was changed in the 70s.
J1AxQ TIL - about The Secret Army, a 1972 documentary film about the IRA. It is notable for its footage of IRA members and their activities at the height of The Troubles. The film disappeared after its making, and was not released.
yV7VV TIL: Petros, a wounded pelican adopted by the Greek island of Mykonos, warranted a court case for entrapment after he flew to another Island where locals wanted to keep him. Thanks to Petros there are now several pelicans living in Greece, though they aren't native.