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TIL John Dillinger wrote Henry Ford a letter thanking him "for building the Ford V-8 as fast and as sturdy as you did" after using to evade a police in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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0wE11 TIL Perry Farrell, frontman for Jane's Addiction, is the only person who has performed at all twelve Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals to date, having appeared under five different names.
bM1Z TIL that in 1968 famous Science Fiction writer and atheist Issac Asimov published “Asimov’s guide to the Bible”. Asimov treats the secular aspects of the Bible with intellectual instead of theological commentary.
wom08 TIL that in a 1972 World Cup qualifier, an error by U.S. Soccer caused the U.S. team to be short-handed, requiring a fan from the stands to start the game
kEX7 TIL: In 1954, famous rhythm-and-blues singer Johnny Ace died after jokingly pointing a gun toward himself and accidentally shooting himself with it. His last words were “It’s okay! Gun’s not loaded… see?”
R7B08 TIL That Bamboo is not a type of wood, but a type of grass despite commonly being sold as a 'wooden worktop' or a type of 'wood flooring'.