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TIL Toyota has what it calls the 1:6:90 rule. Its scientists have calculated that the amount of raw material needed to make a long-range EV could instead be used to make six plug-in electric hybrid vehicles or 90 hybrid vehicles.

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OomPa TIL that the Japanese, other than nobles or samurai class families, did not have surnames until 1868, when the government required commoners to adopt surnames. Names were chosen based on locations, occupations, or simply were made up, explaining the diversity in Japanese surnames (100,000+ present).
KZx9 TIL that It’s illegal for drug companies to advertise to consumers almost everywhere in the world. The only exceptions are the US and New Zealand.
ZpD9R TIL that the phrase "Taco Tuesday" was trademarked in 1989 by "Taco John's" Restaurant, and any commercial use of the phrase to sell tacos is a violation of that trademark.
p8JjN TIL that in 2015 a star previously 100,000 times brighter than the sun disappeared
Oojv7 TIL about Albert Gonzalez an American computer hacker and computer criminal who is accused of masterminding the combined credit card theft and subsequent reselling of more than 170 million card and ATM numbers from 2005 to 2007: the biggest such fraud in history.