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TIL the VW Beetle has changed so little that you can mount the body of a 1936 Beetle on a 2003 chassis, and visa-versa

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v1paK TIL that a company in China has been building a true-to-scale replica of the Titanic for use as a tourist attraction. The interesting part is that the finished attraction will include a "hit the iceberg experience"...an audio/visual simulation of the Titanic's iceberg collision.
0dRY1 Today i learned it was a Greek/Canadian who invented pineapple on pizza. His name was Sam Panopoulos.
x65yw TIL: Your car's VIN (vehicle identification number) shows its country of origin, engine size, model year, vehicle type, trim level and manufacturing factory. The first 3 digits/letters identify the country, positions 4 to 9 describe the vehicle, and 10-17 is the vehicle identifier section.
m1l0p TIL German author Friedrich Nietzsche would send letters calling for the German emperor to go to Rome to be shot & called for military action against Germany. He called for the Pope to be jailed & all anti-Semites to be shot. He also stated he created the world & signed his letters as 'Dionysus.'
AN7l4 TIL Matthew perry once beat up the current Canadian prime ministrer in a school fight.