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TIL Adolf Hitler helped design the Volkswagen Beetle.

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RE1 TIL YouTube acknowledges the first rickroll as an important event in its history
mx4ZP TIL there is a family of birds called Honeyguides that are known to lead humans to beehives. The Honeyguides eat the discarded grubs and beeswax once the humans have taken the honey.
wAJ6 TIL that the sloppy handwriting of doctors kills more than 7,000 people annually. Preventable medication mistakes also injure more than 1.5 million Americans annually
EgONo TIL - In many native American societies, hierarchies were eschewed and persuasion was employed to decide public policy. Rational oratory was a highly valued skill and Kondiaronk's were reputed to be second to none. His skills won him tours of the salons of Paris.
p80jQ TIL In 1999, people believed that Furbies contained computer chips so they could record words and repeat them. The U.S. satellite intelligence operation banned Furbies - in essence, accusing the toy of being a Chinese-manufactured spy, a secret-stealing bugging device capable of eavesdropping.