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TIL they make car elevators to make parking easier especially in narrow streets. They cost $55,000 and Harrison Ford, Britney Spears and Mitt Romney all have one.

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Lk7Gr TIL National Museum of American History considers "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "The X-Files" and "Star Trek" important parts of American culture, and has related props in collection
edYk TIL Walt Disney’s last written words were “Kurt Russell”-and no one knows why. Kurt Russell was a child-actor working for Disney at the time, having just signed a ten year contract with the studio.
KYYLB TIL that Gary Larson creator of the Far Side comic has started making new Far Side comics since his retirement back in ‘95!
p8a8G TIL: The decorative tag on running shoe laces is called a dubré or dubrae. Coined in ‘94 by Nike designer Damon Clegg for an ACG boot. Clegg had no name to describe the boot’s ornamental lace tag, so referred to it as a ‘doobrie’ – ‘thingamajig’ in Scottish slang. The name stuck.
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