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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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Za6v TIL that the Pirate Bay’s largest active torrent is an archive of the late Geocities.com and is 641.32 GB.
kJwV4 TIL Israel attempted to land a rover on the Moon in 2019, but crash landed due to gyroscope failure. The mission spilled a few thousand tardigrades onto the lunar surface, which probably survived, making them the 2nd species to reach the moon, after humans.
nWkrr TIL: Kiyohime was Japanese folklore about a girl who fell in love with Anchin, a monk, he rejected her. She then got so angry while chasing him, she transformed into a dragon and melted him while he was hiding inside a bell. There are several theatrical versions in Japan dating back 1000 years.
0ddDy TIL that Napoleon's penis was cut off during his autopsy and was eventually purchased in 1977 by a urologist in Michigan. It is described “as looking like a baby’s finger.”
epD9L TIL TV stations used to shut down for the night