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TIL Henry Ford is the only American mentioned in Mein Kampf.

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RykQ TIL One of the thirteen articles in the 1781 US Articles of Confederation states that if Canada wants to be admitted into the United States, it will automatically be accepted.
OaGX TIL there is a four year old hippo and a 130 year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve that are best friends. The sleep and play together
KO0rQ TIL the Stanley Hotel, the hotel that served as the inspiration for The Shining, plays the movie adaptation on a continuous loop on channel 42.
rOZ0 TIL that in 1935 when Roosevelt raised the top tax rate to 79% for those making over $5 million it only applied to one person in the United States: John D. Rockefeller
D1w8V TIL the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the history of the world is currently a car that gets the equivalent of 14,573 miles per gallon and could drive to any point on the globe using the energy in one gallon of gas.