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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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rRyJw TIL Gene Wilder was the one to come-up with idea for the movie "Young Frankenstein", and it would be some time until Mel Brooks began to appreciate Wilder's pitch.
OXm6 TIL Johnny Cash voice recorded himself reading the entire King James New Testament, and is available to listen to.
ADKXB TIL of a family that lived in Kentucky know as the Blue People of Kentucky. This family is notable for carrying a rare genetic trait that leads to the disease methemoglobinemia, which gives the affected person blue-tinted skin.
lodb7 TIL researchers have developed an IVF-like process called IVG (in vitro gametogenesis) - The process uses skin cells to create human egg and sperm cells. It could allow sterile parents to conceive and same sex couples could eventually have children who are biologically related to both parents.
aDLM TIL that Mother Teresa believed suffering brought people closer to Jesus and therefore withheld pain killers from her patients.