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TIL oil does not come from dinosaurs, rather it's the remains of all the bacteria and single-celled organisms that originally ruled the world.

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96yr TIL Little Tikes, red and yellow Cozy Coupe toy car reached 6 million units in sales by its 25th anniversary in 2004, and was called the “world’s best-selling car for much of this decade” by The New York Times in 1998, outselling the Honda Accord and Ford Taurus.
yQm7l TIL that New Zealand bans ludicrous children’s names that would cause offence: this has protected children from being called Stallion, Yeah Detroit, Fish and Chips, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, but did allow one to be called Number 16 Bus Shelter.
D18kv TIL in 2014 the National Science Foundation surveyed 2,200 people in the United States and found that 25% of them think the sun orbits around the Earth and not the other way around.
j6RvN TIL that in many states, possession of fentanyl test strips and other test strips is considered a felony.
6mDm TIL Tesla motors received a $465m loan in 2009. Despite rampant skepticism, Tesla paid it back in full by May 2013. It was the first car company to do so.