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TIL of a Beefalo, the fertile offspring of a Bison and a cow.

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mxKNE TIL countries have credit ratings. Obtaining a good sovereign credit rating is usually essential for developing countries that want access to funding in international bond markets.
4k6Gw TIL that expensive "crystal" (e.g. Waterford, Swarovski, Lalique) is actually just glass made with (most notably) lead oxide. Depending on the year and brand of your crystal, ingestion of lead is a possibility.
167m8 TIL - In 1977 Buick/GM had their own 5 small car showdown, and still went ahead and advertised a 2nd place finish for their Buick Opel, thereby promoting the winner and competitor, the VW Rabbit
6EbpX TIL of the Tlatelolco massacre, in which hundreds of demonstrators protesting the 1968 Mexico City Olympics were gunned down.
vPMOK TIL the only child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI to survive the French Revolution was their daughter, Marie Thérèse. At 15, she spent over a year in solitary confinement with no books, letters, or writing tools. She lived 55 more years, dying in 1851.