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TIL When General Motors unveiled the Camaro name in 1966, automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers, “What is a Camaro?” and were told it was “a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs.”

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5l7n TIL the killing of cats during the Middle Ages increased the population of rats, helping to spread bubonic plague
e0kDE TIL the highest artificial temperature recorded was when scientists at Large Hadron Collider announced that they had temperatures of over 5 trillion K. The team smashed together lead ions at 99% light speed to create quark gluon plasma–a state of matter that filled the universe after the Big Bang.
nPlP TIL Black Holes “Sing”, producing a B-flat sound wave 57 octaves below middle-C from their jets.
rRe74 [TIL] Spain had a Fascist government well into the 1970's.
wLNr8 TIL about the phrase "If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lay down". It tells you how to behave if attacked by a bear. Often "If it's white, say goodnight" is added, regarding the dangerousness of polar bears. Though apparently it depends on the situation, it can be used as a rule of thumb.