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TIL Volvo will you pay for airfare and accommodations to Sweden if you buy a new Volvo direct from the manufacturer.

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omno TIL While filming The Breakfast Club, Judd Nelson (Bender) would stay in character off camera, and would torment the other cast members, particularly Claire.
dDRbd TIL car speedometers often become "frozen" following a heavy accident. The last reading can indicate the speed at impact, but is usually incorrect. This is not a feature - speedometers were not designed to jam after an accident.
dWBZ TIL that the mother of Ernest Hemingway (author, soldier, hunter, boxer, drinker, famous manly man) often dressed young Ernest and his older sister in matching pink flowery dresses (and similar outfits) to fulfill her obsessive desire to instead be mother to a pair of twin girls.
1d5D TIL the Golden Hamster’s name in Arabic, where they are originally found, roughly translates to “Mister Saddlebags”
KZD9 TIL that when your foot or hand falls asleep it’s because of compressed nerves, not lack of blood flow