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TIL that the first drive-through was invented in Sierra Vista, AZ near the Fort Huachuca military base because soldiers had strict orders not to wear their fatigues off the military base.

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N7D9N TIL in 1992, a SEAL team performing reconnaissance for the Somalia invasion was ambushed by over 400 journalists camped out on the Mogadishu coastline. Lights from the flashing cameras nearly caused a devastating wave of supressing fire from Navy vessels.
XOrk TIL: There is a Canadian car manufacturing company that produces a cheap electric car. There’s one catch, it can’t be sold in Canada
BYNL TIL As Many Americans Have Criminal Records As College Diplomas
W7GkY TIL that according to an estimate by astronomer Simon Driver, there are about 70 sextillion stars (or 70 thousand million million million stars) in our observable universe.
lxaB TIL that the loudest outdoor warning siren ever produced was the Chrysler Air Raid Siren, which could be heard from a distance of 20 to 25 miles and was powered by a Hemi V8 engine