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TIL the Japanese maglev bullet train, Shinkansen, sports a sterling record of zero fatalities over its 50 years of operations

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rR4ro TIL Chrysler built 55 turbine-powered cars from 1963-1964. It could run on any fuel that could burn with oxygen, including perfume and tequila, and produced 130 horsepower. Only nine still exist.
y0Ke TIL in 1975 Mattel produced a doll named “Growing Up Skipper.” The doll’s breasts would grow bigger as you turned her arm.
JEEV TIL that actress Joan Chen was discovered at the age of 14 when the wife of Mao Zedong noticed her excellent rifle marksmanship.
lo0rr Today I learned about the novel, "The Eyes of Darkness," which has an "association" with the Corona Virus depicted as a bioweapon in the novel. The novel, however, was published in 1981.
ZpaZ4 TIL that Jerry Garcia is playing the steel guitar on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1970 hit, "Teach Your Children." He did it in exchange for them helping the Grateful Dead improve their vocal harmony.