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TIL in 1966 Ford sold an electric car that could travel 200 miles after 1 hours charge using Sulfur-Sodium battery.

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ojxL TIL Bill Murray was apparently forced to promote the new Ghostbusters movie under threat of lawsuit (according to leaked Sony emails)
b9Gy4 TIL "Trepanning" surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled into the human skull
DXNp TIL, in 2005, the Tri-Cities government decided to start their own internet service. Comcast and SBC fought back with “push polls” asking residents “Should tax money be allowed to provide pornographic movies for residents?” They defeated the referendum and Comcast raised cable rates over 30 percent.
J1PwQ Today I learned of Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant noodles (ramen noodles) and the creator of the brands Top Ramen and Cup Noodles.
LwNP TIL A woman married 25 years who quickly divorced her husband without telling him she had just won the lottery was forced to pay him all of her winnings