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TIL Honda holds a patent for an 11-speed triple-clutch automatic transmission.

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7WdO TIL a high school in Tucson, Arizona had a Mexican American/ethnic studies program that graduated 93% of its students (vs. the 48% of Latinos graduating statewide) before it was banned for being un-American in 2010.
rN6XM TIL about pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their role in driving up prescription drug prices in the United States
9A7p TIL that the term ‘teenager’ was first coined in 1944 and Seventeen magazine printed its first issue, showing off young styles for teenage girls. Teenagers didn’t want to dress like their mothers, and adopted styles to set them apart from the older crowd.
nWlg9 TIL: All living cells emit ultra weak coherent electromagnetic energy in the form of photons, often called biophotons.
loDWr TIL that in 1962, president John F Kennedy snagged 1200 Cuban cigars for himself before he banned their import.