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TIL That there is a bed called the Cuddle Mattress, where it is divided into layers of foam for your arm to slip though

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8web TIL an electric car from 1912 had a range of nearly 100 miles with batteriers that were fully functional until the 1980s, replaced only because of a leaking case.
yppp TIL even though 300 was historically inaccurate, most of the one-liners (“We will fight in the shade”, “Tonight we dine in Hell”, “Only spartan women give birth to real men”) are word-for-word accurate quotes.
epnLk TIL that the Prohibition Party still exists, has run a candidate for president in every US election since 1872, and is thus the longest-lived political party in the US after the Republicans and Democrats
8ex0L TIL 95 acres worth of corn are needed daily to keep up with production at Jack Daniel’s distillery
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