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TIL That in terms of single car company dominance by country, Uzbekistan takes the top spot. 94% of all new car sales are a single brand - Chevrolet

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84RV TIL John Stewart read every book from the authors he had on The Daily Show.
VB7P0 TIL the Book of Henryków (Księga henrykowska) contains the earliest known sentence written in Polish, dated 1270. Originally intended to document looted belongings during the Mongol invasion of Poland in 1241, the Latin chronicle gradually grew to include the monastery's history.
ANL9n TIL Washing out the mouth with soap is a traditional form of physical punishment in the United States and United Kingdom from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
YpeQB TIL that the iPad doesn't have a native calculator app because Steve Jobs didn't like any of the proposed UI designs
4kOdX TIL: About Saburō Kurusu, a Japanese diplomat to the United States during the Pearl Harbor attack. He was unaware of the attack and was on his way to the Secretary of State to deliver a reply to the previous diplomatic communications.