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TIL Goldman Sachs complained to Microsoft that Word always autocorrected “Goldman Sachs” to “Goddamn Sachs”

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69bvw TIL that the last ever original Mini to leave the factory was a car that was used by workers to get around the plant, had a shipping container dropped on it, stripped of its engine and gearbox, and abandoned in one of the service tunnels. It was recovered and sold at an auction in 2013.
9YkNp TIL In 1940, two military aircraft collided in mid-air. They became stuck on top of each other. The pilot of the plane on top used the engines of the bottom plane to land both of them together.
Dv8e TIL Croissants are Austrian, not French.
nWLdb TIL in 1938 a New York wallet manufacturer placed a sample Social Security card inside each of its wallets sold nationwide to show that the cards fit. The card included the real Social Security number of a company secretary. Over the years more than 40,000 people used that same number as their own.
9wBNr TIL that Methamphetamine is legally prescribed to people in the USA. It's called Desoxyn.