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TIL a 2009 Chevy Malibu would absolutely destroy a classic muscle car during a car crash

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VLD TIL the best selling DVD of all time is Finding Nemo
yVKnw TIL in 1996 a couple named their son "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" claiming it was pronounced "Albin." This was in protest to a $740 fine they'd received for failing to register a name by his fifth birthday.
N7JLb TIL of Mett Kamil. In 2014 the Polish guy drank too much, pronounced 'dead', woke up in the morgue, went back to the bar for more drinks.
woeE7 TIL that before Jerry Lewis made it a part of his routine, "The Announcer's Test" was used to challenge the reading skills, diction, enunciation, and speed of prospective Radio Central New York announcers in the 1940's
PZRE TIL: The FBI poisoned alcohol during the Prohibition, in order to kill and try to frighten Americans from Alcohol.