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TIL that before he founded Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford founded the Henry Ford Company, which would go on to become Cadillac

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bNBa TIL there’s a school that train people with autism to become visual effects artists. Their credits include Captain America, Avengers and Game of Thrones.
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GYrd5 TIL that Great Depression author John Steinbeck was so enchanted by the Vietnam War that at age 65 he flew to Vietnam and talked an officer into letting him fight for one day.
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