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TIL that the german state will levy church tax on you if you are religious

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0w96A TIL that in 1973 the CEO of GM dismissed Honda's CVCC technology as only good for "little toy motorcycle engines." Soichiro Honda then bought a Chevy Impala with a 5.7L V8 and had engineers build a CVCC system for it. Flown back to the US, it passed EPA tests without a catalytic converter.
5YYOn TIL Thor's hammer only weighs 42.3 lbs.
rvLx TIL that up until just 2,000 years ago there were Lemurs the size of a male Gorilla on Madagascar
64y7 TIL Physicians have a suicide rate nearly 100% above average
nvrG TIL Giorgio Armani has banned models with BMIvia http://bit.ly/Z7HIgH