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TIL that if a glass became literally half-empty, with water on top and vacuum beneath, it would explode, and crash into the ceiling.

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yQbBw TIL Porsche tried to replace its flagship car, the 911, with the bigger, more luxurious 928, but people kept buying the iconic 911. The 911 still hadn’t had a major redesign since its birth in 1963, and only received one in 1998, three years after the 928 went out of production.
R7Dyj TIL that in 1939, after the German invasion of Poland, the Kingdom of Tonga was among the first to declare war against Germany. Subsequently, in result of a public campaign the society of Tonga funded two Spitfire fighter aircrafts. The Kingdom was ruled at that time by queen Sālote Tupou III
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8DnV TIL the Energizer bunny was intended to be a parody of Duracell, which advertised using a pink bunny mascot as early as the 70s (15 years before Energizer). However, Energizer got the trademark first, and last year sued Duracell for selling their original pink bunny packaging in some US stores.