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TIL in 2012 Pfaff Auto, a Toronto Porsche dealer, took pictures of the Porsche 911 in front of prospective buyers' homes and sent them the pictures with test drive invitations. The campaign achieved a 32% response rate.

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b9XxZ TIL about marriage graduation, where couples still in love decide to live separately in order to fulfill their individual life long dreams. The concept originated in Japan, and it provides freedom from marriage without the stigma of divorce.
LQlAv TIL that in 1980, the city of Philadelphia became the only North American city in which all four major sports teams played for their respective championships in one year (NBA/NHL/MLB/NFL). Although the Phillies were the only team to win the championship that year.
L5WZ TIL That the inventor of petroleum jelly ate a spoonful every day, claiming it had tremendous health benefits. He lived to be 96.
Ypl5W TIL paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope donated his skull to science as a challenge to his archrival Othniel Charles Marsh, hoping that his brain would be measured to be bigger. Marsh did not accept the challenge.
Z8YJ4 TIL George Washington and his compatriots once ran up a bar tab that would be close to $15,000 in modern currency!