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TIL that Al Pacino, who played Michael Corleone in The Godfather, grew up living with his grandparents, who immigrated from Corleone, Italy. His childhood nickname was Sonny.

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PYeEZ TIL that the current CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, is the great grandson of Sakichi Toyoda, who is known as the father of the Japanese Industrial Revolution thanks to his invention of the power loom that implemented the principle of Jidoka, meaning the machine stops itself when a problem occurs.
VMpZp TIL that a Marine called customer service when his M107 .50 caliber sniper rifle failed during a gunfight with the Taliban. After several minutes the weapon was back in service.
bwX4 TIL for almost 30 years there is a sign on the flat roof of Mark Gubin’s building in the flight path of Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. A sign painted in letters 6 feet tall tells people arriving by air: “WELCOME TO CLEVELAND.”
pYrA8 TIL: In 1991, Phil Lewis (Mr. Moseby on Suite Life) hit and killed Isabel Duarte, 21, with his vehicle while driving Three Times the legal limit. The actor's sentence was suspended due to Lewis's work after his arrest with a prison-based theater troupe that performed in jails, schools, and churches.
JEBQ TIL of “risk compensation” - the introduction of seatbelts lead to more deaths of cyclists and pedestrians as drivers felt safer, and therefore drove more recklessly than they would without seatbelts