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TIL that the 1983 Dodge Caravan was the first car with built in cup holders

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oRexY TIL The term “Romance languages” has nothing to do with being languages of love, but rather because they all descend from the same parent language- Latin, the language of the Romans. The English term “romance” descends from the French word for a particular Latin dialect called Romanicus.
b6PW4 TIL that Xerox and Canon developed a digital watermark which color laser printers produce on every page that identifies the specific printer that was used to print the document in case it is used in a crime.
NRW1 TIL the feelings of anxiety and distress created by not having your phone is called Nomophobia.
7vlL TIL a man survived Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele removing his kidney without anesthesia and survived a gas chamber as he was the 201st person in line for a chamber of 200 people.
MeQ7B TIL that Clement Vallandigham, a defense lawyer in a murder trial accidentally shot himself and died while reenacting the possibility of a victim accidentally shooting and killing themselves instead of his client. The defendant was then set free.