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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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Mej5m TIL Psy, famous for Gangnam Style, stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the dance. He had tested various "cheesy" animal-inspired dance moves with his choreographer, including panda and kangaroo moves, before settling for the horse trot, which involves pretending to ride a horse.
gax4 TIL That there is a 1500km band of land in Namibia covered in unexplained “Fairy Circles” that appear to grow and also die. Scientists have studied the area for over 30 years and still do not know their cause.
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mxv7y TIL that during 1929-1932 Herbert Hoover deported over 1 million Mexican Americans because he believed them to be a cause of the Great Depression. An estimated 60% of those deported were actually U.S citizens.
jNvnM TIL To prepare for the 2012 London Olympic Games, a city cleanup crew spent 3 months steam cleaning 300,000 pieces of gum off less than 2 miles of street