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TIL Christian Bale did interviews for Batman Begins in an American accent

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b67Ka TIL in 2005, Chrysler unveiled the Jeep Hurricane, concept car which had a four-wheel steering system, meaning that turns all 4 wheels in the same direction, allowing the Hurricane to move sideways and to drive in a circle while staying in one spot.
wl9P TIL astronaut Chris Hadfield once described problem-solving in NASA as “methodically looking for a solution until you run out of oxygen”
Ajrx TIL that 96 workers died while constructing the Hoover Dam from 1931-1935
69ErJ TIL that future general George Patton represented the US in the first modern pentathlon event at the Stockholm Olympics
neVo7 TIL A survey of ~80,000 words estimated the origin of English words to be 28.3% French, 28.24% Latin, 25% Germanic, 5.32% Greek, 4.04% No etymology given, 3.28% Proper names, all other languages < 1%.