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TIL Japan and Poland were allies during World War II

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16DMX TIL when the Henry Ford Company dissolved in 1902, Ford's financial backers called in engineer Henry M. Leland to appraise the plant for liquidation. Leland persuaded them continue making cars at the plant using Leland's engine design and formed a new car company: Cadillac.
RWnw TIL that a man survived exposure to near-vacuum pressure for 10 seconds during a space suit test; he felt the saliva on his tongue boil right before losing consciousness.
9YGeG TIL: Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Kentucky 1977: busboy Walter Bailey (ignoring orders of his supervisor) warned a largely overcrowded dinner hall about the fire. Most ignored his warning and continued eating. 4 min later: fire engulfed the hall killing 165 and continued burning for 2 days.
rNlVM TIL That ‘Smart Toilets’ help you identify diseases through your stools or urine
x6aLk TIL that some victims of the Hammond Circus Train Wreck 1918 were so badly burned, that they were wrongly thought to be African-American train porters.