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TIL Tesla does not advertise because Elon Musk sees advertising as manipulative and dishonest

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rRoDd TIL that in Tucson, Arizonan in 1970, a teacher was fired for being a witch.
9GLG TIL Richard Feynman’s dying last words were “I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.”
9YnB6 TIL 99 years ago 4,500 tonnes of a mixture incl. ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at BASF in Oppau, Germany, killing 500-600 people, injuring 2000 more. The explosion, estimated to have 1–2 kilotonnes TNT equivalent, could still be heard more than 300km away in north-eastern France and Munich.
v1jo8 TIL one of the lost Faberge eggs from Imperial Russia was discovered in 2012 after the owner, a scrap metal dealer, struggled to sell it because prospective buyers thought he was overestimating it’s worth in gold and jewels. It was later valued at £20million.
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