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TIL - Honda does not want to make a V8 engine. One dealer complained enough to where American Honda actually sent them a shipment of V8’s………… tomato juice.

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GYlx5 TIL flight hijacking from the USA to Cuba during the 60s/70s was so common, pilots were equipt with detour flight plans and building a fake "Havana airport" in south Florida was seriously considered
yVk8p TIL in the US in the 70s men were 8 percent points higher to get a college degree - 12 percent of young women had a bachelor's degree, compared to 20 percent of men but in 2020, women are 9 percent points higher to get a college degree, it is 41 percent for women but only to 32 percent for men!
nW6Xb TIL That in 2003, a pizza delivery man named Brian Wells robbed a PNC bank while wearing an explosive neck collar. The collar exploded when apprehended by police. The purpose of the robbery was to obtain money for a woman who can then pay for a hitman to kill her father for the inheritance.
16wEW TIL that the snow used in the Wizard of Oz was actually asbestos fibre
R795w TIL the instrument you see a person click at the beginning of a film take when they say “Action!” is called a clapperboard, and it is used for synchronizing sound and picture in post production