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TIL The Tesla Model S is so safe it broke the crash-testing equipment

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O1NY TIL sheep farming accounts for 80% of all agriculture in Wales.
5Veep TIL racing icon Carroll Shelby helped found the Chili’s restaurant chain. After Shelby held what is widely recognized as the first organized chili cook-off in 1967, his son-in-law approached him with a proposal for a chili-themed restaurant. Shelby provided funding and curated the menu and design.
MYY7 TIL that the phrase “I have a bad feeling about this” was spoken in every Star Wars movie.
wLyK1 TIL: Most Mars rovers use the same operating system as some Toshiba photocopiers, called VxWorks; it is also used in many Industrial robots, Aviation systems, Medical equipment, and some Consumer electronics .
OEJ1 TIL the Chinese had guns and a firearm that looks like a modern rifle in the 1300s