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TIL Tesla produced a fully electric semi.

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MenRb TIL in 1961 the entire U.S. figure skating team died in an airplane crash - causing a mandate still in effect that no team travelling to international competition would be allowed to fly together ever again
dj98 TIL Mac users prefer bigger fonts than Windows users, because Apple doesn’t use ClearType font rendering technique (patented by Microsoft) that improves the readability of smaller fonts
wLKkP TIL Comedian Hannibal Burress couldn't attend the Spider-Man: Homecoming, so he hired a "look-a-like" to go in his place.
jemn TIL - in Ancient Rome when giving testimony in court, One would have to swear on their balls.
KYN99 TIL Of the 45 persons who have served as President of the United States, at least half have displayed proficiency in speaking or writing a language other than English. Of these, only one, Martin Van Buren, learned English as his second language; his first language was Dutch.