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TIL the new generation Toyota Supra doesn't have a dipstick and oil level must be checked electronically with the engine running

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0X4j TIL President Jimmy Carter was lowered into a nuclear reactor during a partial meltdown to disassemble the reactor. He could only stay in the reactor for seconds at a time because of radiation exposure.
4YZX TIL Since the dawn of civilization, roughly 12,000 B.C., to 2003 A.D., only 5 exabytes (5,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes) of data has been created. Now, with the rise of the Internet’s influence in our daily lives, we produce this amount of data every two days.
RDbw TIL: 10 Downing St has an official cat: he has been involved in scandals involving sleeping on the job, fraternizing with a female cat, and attacking a reporter.
eDZn TIL 90% of all adoptions in Japan are adult adoptions, mostly men in their 20-30´s. Reason: Business leaders need a succesfull son to take over the business.
R5LZ8 TIL The First Lady of the United States, Lou Henry Hoover, became the first woman to receive a degree in geology from Stanford University.