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TIL Chrysler invented a turbine car that could run on random combustible materials like whiskey, hairspray, and mixtapes

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v1EM8 TIL about the Loyal Wives of Weinsberg; were part of the surrender negotiation was that all women could leave with whatever they could carry and the defenders (men) would be imprisoned. The women carried their belongings and their husbands on their shoulders. Saving them from being imprisoned.
K7D9 TIL a VR experiment showed people given the power of superhero flight and told to perform search and rescue were more willing to aid others afterwards than those who were given a helicopter and told to do the same thing.
ANLr4 TIL that a star 3000 light years away is about to reignite in an explosion so massive that it'll shine as bright as the North Star. This nova event won't happen again for another 80 years!
xgwg TIL Woody Allen has consistently refused to attend the Oscars or acknowledge his Oscar wins. His publicly given reason is his standing engagement to play clarinet in a Monday night ensemble.
LkVl0 TIL When Kurt Vonnegut served in WW2 he was captured by Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was a POW in Dresden and survived the bombing of the city by hiding in a meat locker in a slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. This inspired him to write the anti-war novel Slaughter-House Five.