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TIL The Shroud off Turin was carbon dated to be from around ~1300 AD

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R74v6 TIL when Henry Ford II took control of Ford Motor Co., the first thing he did was fire his grandfather's brutal, union-busting head of security by sending his own second-in-command, a former FBI agent, to deliver the news. Both men drew handguns on each other.
9n6r TIL If you throw in overtime, garbage collectors can make up to $85,000 a year in the United States.
RYJ6 TIL Not using your blinker is more than 2 times as likely to cause an accident than texting while driving
dDEOE TIL in 1969 Universal Airlines looked into using a C-5 Galaxy to ferry passengers and their cars between Los Angeles and New York. The airline's CEO, Lamar Muse, resigned that year then started Southwest Airlines with Herb Kelleher and Rollin King.
j6ZBn TIL that of jobs with the lowest risk of robot automation, nurse practitioners are projected to grow the most, with an estimated increase of 45.7% by 2031