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v11aB TIL Scientist Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski survived being shot in the face by a particle accelerator beam
Y7JpP TIL - Dodge made a hybrid version of the 2009 Durango (also for the Chrysler Aspen). It was sold for only 2 months and then promptly discontinued, citing a drop in demand for their full-size SUVs due to the economic slowdown. It managed 19 MPG city/20 highway.
JYPEm TIL in order to prevent people from taking 'secret photos' Japanese phone companies require phone manufacturers to disable the ability to turn off the shutter sound that you hear when taking a photo.
BgboD TIL the first snowboarders in the 1960s were often kicked off ski resorts for being “too unruly” and “dangerous to skiing culture.” It wasn’t until the late 1980s that most resorts fully accepted snowboarding.
JYmEQ TIL Paul Van Doren, one of the founders of shoe company Vans, dropped out of school at the age of 14, when he was in the eighth grade. Interested in horses, he went to the race tracks every day. His mother then insisted that he get a job in a shoe factory.