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TIL the Michelin Man has a name, and it's Bibendum

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R7E6l TIL During the "cash for clunkers" program of 2009, the government provided CARFAX vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the 700,000 clunkers that consumers turned in at dealerships. By law, these cars must have their engines taken out and destroyed, and the rest of the metal scrapped.
nWgRP TIL Salim Kara, who single-handedly stole 2.3 million in coins, one by one. He kept a low profile for 13 years, but blew it by buying a 1 million dollar house in the early 90s.
lkkV TIL: Charlie Chaplin’s grandaughter is Oona Chaplin, famous for playing Rob Stark’s pregnant wife that is slaughtered in the Red Wedding on Game of Thrones.
nexbG TIL of The Shaggs: three teenage sisters forced to play in a band by their father. Almost completely musically inept, their album failed to gain any traction until years after it was recorded, when Frank Zappa claimed it was one of his favorite albums of all time.
yVV5p TIL that an animals pupil shape is an indicator of that animal being the hunter (vertical or round) or the prey (horizontal).