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TIL that during WWII, the Ford Motor Company was losing so much money that the Roosevelt Administration considered a government takeover of the company in order to ensure continued war production.

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VMOj4 TIL an anti-smoking activist who’s picture is still featured on Canadian cigarette boxes in order to discourage one from smoking, smoked cigarettes until her last day. Her name was Barb Tarbox.
VMom TIL that there is a group of Islands in the Bay of Bengal, South-east of India, where the Andamanese people live a 60,000 year old existence. Their culture has no knowledge of cultivation or fire-making. All outside contacts with civilization have been met with hostility.
rE10 TIL black women have smaller vaginal openings than white women
Ga8G TIL A homemade speedboat built in an Australian backyard has held the Water Speed Record of 511.11 km/h (317.521 mph) since 1978
178W TIL that Canada was the third country to legalize same-sex marriage, after the Netherlands (2000) and Belgium (2003).