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TIL the engine in the Ford Model T was capable of running on gasoline, kerosene, or ethanol, making it the first Flex-Fuel vehicle.

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LeDV TIL: The inability to pronounce the letter “R” is called Rhotacism, thus making it impossible for the sufferers to pronounce their own affliction.
pkn4 TIL of Paul Powell, an Illinois politician who was found dead in his hotel sweet residence in Springfield, IL with $800,000 in cash, 49 cases of whiskey, 14 transistor radios, and 2 cases of creamed corn.
9oyp TIL the Prog rock band Yes broke up,members of Yes started a new band called Cinema. Cinema wrote an album largely based off of songs by Yes. While recording the Yes vocalist joined Cinema. Cinema changed its name to Yes. Yes released the album, titled 90125. 90125 became their most successful album
OGlDa TIL of the Harry Potter prequel manuscript which was auctioned in 2008 and stolen in 2017. It remains missing.
KYdnB TIL, after U.S. President Garfield was shot, his doctors were so negligent and gave him such a bad infection that his assassin openly confessed at trial to the shooting, but argued that Garfield’s doctors had actually done the killing