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TIL Tesla is a company that makes electric cars.

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E14QV TIL: During the Islamic invasions of India, many Jains temporarily let go of their principal of ahimsa (absolute non-violence) in order to defend the destruction of their temples.
6Q88 TIL that Garret Morgan, the son of former slaves with only an elementary school education, invented a belt fastener for sewing machines, the first human hair straightening solution, an early form of the gas mask (used in WWI), and traffic signal technology (which he sold to GE for $40K in 1923).
W7DyN TIL Bill Murray played the Human Torch in a "Fantastic Four" radio drama from 1975
m0QM TIL young male monkeys prefer playing with toy cars, while female monkeys with dolls.
LLYV TIL that a robot with pool noodle limbs and a computerized brain hitchhiked across Canada last summer.