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TIL Henry Ford pursued the gasoline-powered automobile after receiving encouragement from his employer and boyhood idol, Thomas Edison.

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8ex6a TIL a flashback scene in the cult favourite sci-fi horror Event Horizon was much longer, used pornstars as the cast, would be illegal to shoot today, was stripped from the movie by the producers and is considered lost because it was not archived for later use in a Director's Cut
9wJV7 TIL that the architect Rafael Viñoly designed 2 buildings that caused "death rays", one in Las Vegas and one in London
gMBB9 TIL there are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on Earth. The size of the universe is inconceivably large.
grdxX TIL After Qing China defeated and genocided the Dzungars, Dzungar leader Amursana fled to Siberia and died. The Qing Emperor demanded his body be surrendered for "posthumous punishment" (past examples: public display, destruction of ashes), but the Tsar refused, causing a diplomatic incident.
QkMX TIL that Boston has fewer people today than it did in 1910.