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TIL Qatar owns 17% of Volkswagen

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YxBB TIL that US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was forced to invent a new signature to be put on US bills. His old signature was just a bunch of loops
nWEaY TIL Ferris Bueller's parents were dating in real life before shooting the movie. Starts at 9:35
nWpn7 TIL Protein folding is the process where newly formed protein in the cell, changes from a long, unstable coil into a specific 3D shape. This final structure allows the protein to carry out its biological function. Many proteins fold spontaneously, some require enzymes or certain chemical conditions.
XELP6 TIL in 1961 Ronald Reagan released a spoken-word album warning against socialized medicine.
YogB TIL in a remote valley in Sweden, people still speak an ancient dialect of Old Norse, the language of the Vikings. It’s called Elfdalian and they still used runes up until the 1900s.