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TIL 400,000 ex-rental cars are sold in the UK every year. Many are tagged as vehicles with “one previous owner”.

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xVKr1 TIL about Clive Wearing, a former conductor and musician who suffers from chronic anterograde and retrograde due to a virus fever in 1985. He lacks the ability to form new memories and cannot recall past memories. He lives life believing that he has only recently awoken from a comatose state.
ADjxw TIL that 401ks are designed to supplement traditional pensions not replace them and they place greater investment risk on the employee than the employer
P79L TIL the first person diagnosed with autism is still alive and living in Mississippi.
vPjQB TIL that Mattel sued Danish band Aqua over the song "Barbie Girl" claiming that the song violated their trademark and ruined their brand. The case was dismissed after it was ruled that the song was protected under the First Amendment, with the judge saying "The parties are advised to chill."
v1ZOR TIL The United States produces 10+ Million barrels of oil a day. 20% more than Saudi Arabia.