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TIL the Chevy Vega was developed to be shipped vertically in order to cut shipping costs by 40%.

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QAEM TIL pancakes are one of mankind’s oldest prepared foods, and virtually every culture has their own version of them.
p896Q TIL that “witch windows” are almost exclusively found in Vermont due to the superstition that witches can’t fly their brooms through slanted windows.
5VwbR TIL that Liberia, Africa was founded in the early 1800s by the American Colonization Society (ACS), a group of Afro-Americans/Afro-Caribbeans, funded largely by white Americans. Liberia was run by the minority descendants of the Americo-Liberians until the assassination of President Tolbert in 1980.
OooPY TIL that Wyoming has more Electoral votes (3) than it has pairs of escalators.
697Rl TIL Stevie Wonder released the hit song “Happy Birthday” to support the campaign to establish MLK’s birthday as a federal holiday.