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TIL Ford uses ping pong balls to measure interior volume.

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E1ww0 TIL about George McJunkin, a former slave and self educated geologist, who discovered the remains of an ancient bison that had been killed by humans in New Mexico. This discovery is the basis for our current timeline of when humans migrated to the Americas.
8mba TIL: In WWII King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, but as King of Ireland he was at peace with Germany and validated the credentials of German ambassadors. After WWII he was at war with himself as King of Pakistan and seperately King of India
YpeXG TIL In 1821, Thomas Jennings became the first African-American to hold a patent. He invented 'dry scouring', a method for removing dirt and grease from clothing that would lead to today's dry cleaning.
1ajGD TIL that when the Notre Dame Cathedral was on fire the some 200,000 bees that live in the roof were thought to be dead, but in fact they were still alive after the fire.
XPeP TIL Wikipedia has banned edits from any IP address owned by the Church of Scientology