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TIL Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) once wrote a letter to Henry Ford, thanking him for the reliability and performance of his V-8 automobiles.

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aXx0 TIL that in World War II, rationing laws prohibited the sale of freshly-baked bread because “the tastiness of just-baked bread is likely to encourage people to eat it immoderately”. Bread had to be at least 24 hours old before it was sold.
v1ZQL TIL of WW2 US Army Sgt Sylvester Antolak who charged 200 yards over coverless terrain into a German machine-gun nest, despite getting hit 3 times and standing back up after each shot. With a shattered right arm and Thompson wedged in his left arm, he captured the strongpoint.
grE4y TIL that how ‘Lubrication' provided by tiny air bubbles released from under the feathers could allow penguins to gain enough speed to leap out of the water and onto the ice shelf And scientists are mimicking this robots.
N7Rwb TIL that goats adjust their 'accents' based on social surroundings
b9nxE TIL the deadliest disease outbreak in human history originated in the USA in the early 1900s and killed up to 100 million people worldwide. News of the outbreak went largely unreported due to the Sedition Act and an effort to “keep up morale.”