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TIL electric cars existed before gasoline cars, with early electric vehicles on the road decades before the first internal combustion-powered cars were even invented.

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0aW1 TIL that monosodium glutamate (MSG) has no extraordinary negative effect on the human body, contrary to common perception
69Nw8 TIL that astronauts eat steak and eggs before a flight because it's filling and low on dietary fiber so they won't have to poop during the mission
plVQ TIL The first time a Navajo baby laughs, the family throws a party. The person who made the baby laugh provides the food.
WkyRY TIL when German WWII U-boats would cruise below the surface with diesel engines running, waves swamping the snorkel tubes would cause the engines to suck air from the boat to keep running, producing a partial vacuum. Crews reported it was very painful, and eardrums were sometimes ruptured.
OEwg TIL Humans are closer in time to Tyrannosaurus Rex than Tyrannosaurus Rex is to the Stegosaurus.