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TIL Tesla is the only major American auto manufacturer not represented by a union in the US

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kJ981 TIL all of Australia's 200 million wild rabbits are descended from a group of 13 European rabbits released in 1859 by Thomas Austin, a British settler released for him to hunt on his farm, by 1920 they peaked at 10 billion before a mass scale poisoning to prevent causing more environmental damage.
ejWJ TIL for each meth lab discovered in California, about 80 are discovered in Indiana
XEJG8 TIL The United States had only 17 years of Peace since it’s birth in 1776.
m1EAo TIL Sri Lankan businessman Merrill J. Fernando introduced Dilmah Tea in 1988 by phrasing it as "single-origin tea" going against the industry trend at the time. He also became a cultural icon in New Zealand in 1990 after starring in the “Do Try It!” campaign directed by a New Zealand agency.
Y7yNG TIL that Oghul Qaimish was regent of the Mongol Empire between Guyuk Khan's death in 1248 and the accession of Möngke Khan in 1251. Her personal name, of Turkic origin, meant "[We] Were Searching for a Boy", reflecting her parents' presumed frustration at their lack of a male child.