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TIL that when Cadillac engineers disassembled a 1990 Lexus LS 400 for engineering analysis, they concluded that the vehicle simply could not be built using existing General Motors production methods.

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vPVR7 TIL there's 20-40x less oxygen in water than air.
xVRAB TIL the name of the Mexican state of Michoacán derives from both indigenous languages of Nahuatl and Purépecha meaning "place of fisherman" and "place next to the water," respectively.
rGaW TIL that “Chop Suey” literally means “miscellaneous leftovers” in Chinese.
woPWM TIL that Larry Bird was nicknamed "The hick from French Lick" in reference to his hometown of French Lick, Indiana.
BgvQL TIL that MPGe, the miles per gallon equivalent for electric cars, actually measures miles per 33.7 kWh of battery charge, since 1 gallon of gas has the same theoretical energy capacity as 33.7kWh. But MPGe numbers tend to be much higher than MPG numbers because gas engines are so inefficient