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TIL with inflation the Ford Model T would only cost $5600 today, $6300 LESS than the cheapest new car in US.

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ADGPn TIL In 1963 there were only 417 bald eagles breeding pairs in the 48 states. They had been ravaged by the effects of the insecticide DDT. Today there are 72,000 individuals in the lower 48 states, and 143,000 including Alaska. They are the ultimate Endangered Species Act success story.
V7v4 TIL a border collie in Australia fell off a boat during a huge storm and swam 5 nautical miles through shark infested waters and survived a month off wild goats until rescued by coast guard
oRKxR TIL that 18-year-old Humphrey Bogart joined the Navy during WWI because he had no viable career options.
4XY7N TIL an indigenous people, the Mapuche, successfully repelled the Spanish colonizing force, costing the most Spanish lives of any conflict in the New World. The conflict is considered one of the longest wars in history
J1PQ1 TIL the term "port" to refer to a ship's lefthand side was for centuries much less common than the term "larboard", which only fell out of favor in the mid-1800s once the British Navy ordered its usage abandoned due to sounding too similar to "starboard".