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TIL of Fordite, also known as Detroit agate or Motor City agate, is old automotive paint which has hardened sufficiently to be cut and polished. It is used to make jewelry.

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awaay TIL The banana plant is a herb, distantly related to ginger. There are more than 1,000 types of bananas in the world.
7LYM TIL the 1980 satirical disaster comedy “Airplane!” is largely based on the 1957 drama “Zero Hour!” It follows the same plot, uses the same character name for the hero passenger, and parodies numerous scenes using the same dialog word for word.
dDylK TIL in 2017, NASA successfully communicated commands 13 billion miles away to Voyager 1 and got it to fire up its thrusters which were not in use since 37 years
oaL TIL 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency. Test yourself!
wL9k1 TIL a “perfect” Ford Model T costs less than a new Mustang. The costliest specimen in 2020 sold for less than $25k.