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TIL that the Chrysler PT Cruiser is actually a truck. Chrysler specifically designed it to fit criteria for a light truck in order to bring the average fuel efficiency of the company’s light truck fleet into compliance with standards.

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yVyrJ TIL: Josephine Stephenson, the soprano in Tenebrae's "Miserere mei, Deus" YouTube video, wasn’t scheduled to be there
RGwl TIL John Lennon received a letter from a student telling him his teacher made them analyze The Beatles’ lyrics. Amused by this, he composed “I Am The Walrus” with intentionally confusing and meaningless lyrics to baffle those who tried to analyze the song
QJXVL TIL The largest octopus species in the world, the giant Pacific octopus, has three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood.
XE1Q6 TIL that loofah sponges come from luffa plants; a species of gourd with edible fruits. Once dried and peeled they reveal a matrix of tough fibrous tissues inside that act as wonderful natural sponges
Yrr7 TIL of Sgt Thomas Durrant who posthumously received the Victoria Cross following recommendation by the commander of an enemy ship that he fought against. He repeatedly refused to leave his exposed Lewis gun, drawing enemy fire towards him, receiving severe injury until the enemies boarded his ship.