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TIL that Ford has had 6 out of 18 of the biggest safety automotive recalls of all time.

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LrrQ TIL there are 15 different types of electrical outlets around the world and some are exclusive to a single country.
wLxLY TIL, cheetah unlike the other big cats have claws like dogs which isn't fully retractable. Their feet structure is maximized for speedy chases on prey, leopard & lion can't achieve.
6E6Wm TIL US President Dwight D. Eisenhower personally ordered the first democratically elected leader of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, to be assassinated by poisoning his toothpaste.
dDXPj TIL in the 1800s the USDA gave farmers an herbicide to combat ragwort, a weed toxic to horses and cows. They'd spray sodium chlorate but get some on their pants. The dried sodium chlorate was high highly flammable leading to an epidemic of EXPLODING PANTS.
yQkew TIL that magenta does not exist in the visible light spectrum and does not have a corresponding wavelength, so your brain interprets it as "not green"