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TIL car model years are released in the fall of preceding year due to an FDR’s executive order to keep autoworkers working so they can spend more during the holiday season.

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WOL4 TIL that in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt was shot in the chest while campaigning, but the bullet was slowed by a steel eyeglass case and a 50-page speech. After determining the bullet hadn’t pierced his lung, Roosevelt proceeded to give his 90 minute speech as planned.
OgrY TIL: The producer recording “Sweet Child O’ Mine” with Guns n’ Roses suggested there be a breakdown at the end of the song. The band had no idea where to take the song, resulting in the iconic repetition of “Where do we go now?”
WZN TIL John Harrison, the official taste-tester for Dreyer’s Ice Cream, insured his tongue for 1,000,000.
xV8V5 TIL that the band ZZ Top has had the same members and has been performing for 50 consecutive years
LAm9 TIL: There is an official Russian spinoff of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” called “It’s Always Sunny in Moscow” that focuses on the owners of a Moscow bar named Philadelphia.