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TIL Volkswagen has been making sausage for over 50 years.

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NXjEJ TIL in 2003 £4 million of stolen artwork from the Whitworth Art Gallery (by Picasso, Gauguin & Van Gogh) was recovered in a cardboard tube next to a public toilet after an anonymous tip-off. Also in the tube was a note that read "the intention was not to steal. only to highlight the woeful security"
W7v69 TIL after actor Sean Astin turned 18, he left numerous personal items at his mother Patty Duke's house. Upon returning for them, many items, including the treasure map from "The Goonies," were gone. “It’s an item that would probably be worth $100,000 now,” he said. “And I think my mom threw it out.”
rNAmy TIL Heaviest Animals to Wander the Earth
xVjPB TIL that Metallica was the first band to perform on all seven continents by performing live and un-amplified (to protect the environment) in Antarctica.
R0kQ TIL that one of the major problems of the Chrysler Turbine car was that it’s exhaust would melt the car behind it in traffic