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TIL That the first armored presidential vehicle in the US was confiscated Al Capone's car feds gave to Franklin D. Roosevelt

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rNJPM TIL about tulou, giant walled villages built by the Hakka ethnic group of China. Tulou could fit up to 800 people inside them with farms, houses and even markets. They were designed by the Hakka for protection from attacks by the Cantonese ethnic group the Punti in one of the many wars they fought.
EgGyW TIL When they casted Robin Lively as Daniel LaRusso's love interest in 'Karate Kid III', producers were forced to take out the romance between her charatcer and Daniel because Robin was a minor at the time (16) and Ralph Macchio was 27 (although his character Daniel is 17).
b9NxE TIL Canada had considered annexing the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean region. In the 1980s, local islanders in favor of joining the Canadian federation reached a peak support of 90%.
Y7X0r TIL the spikes on a stegosaurus were named after a Gary Larson comic
1YWW TIL that baby carrots (aka baby cut carrots) are actually just the cores of carrots not fit for store shelves, and were only invented in 1986.