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TIL Ford once created a vehicle made out of plant materials. “Ford’s 1941 biological car — made of soybean, wheat, hemp, flax and ramie fibers in a soy-based phenolic resin — weighed 1,000 pounds less than a steel car”

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4XlBR TIL most of the Federalist Papers (51 out of 85) that defended the the United States Constitution and lead to its ratification were written by Alexander Hamilton when he was 30 year old. He was also one of the five members of the committee that made the final draft of the original constitution.
1arWd TIL the actor who plays the headmaster in Dead Poets Society, Norman LLoyd, is still very much alive. At the ripe age of 104, his latest screen credit was an appearance in the 2015 comedy Trainwreck.
yo8M TIL Psy has a very anti-American past he is trying to hide
mLyx TIL of a girl named Laura Buxton who released a balloon with her name on it that landed in the yard of another girl also named Laura Buxton. They also have the same color hair, are in the same grade, have black three-year-old female Labrador dogs and a rabbit and identical guinea pigs each.
xjL7 TIL there is a fruit called The Miracle Berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods to taste sweet, and has been used to treat diabetes, among other things.