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TIL Chevrolet Vegas were shipped vertically in their rail cars

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JYQPl TIL that Popeyes and Burger King are owned by the same company - Restaurant Brands International.
neY4Y TIL that when Phil Collins first performed "In The Air Tonight" on television, he had a pot of paint on the stage, as the song was inspired by his divorce from his wife as she had had an affair with a painter and decorator.
8agJa TIL than in January of 1987, televangelist Oral Roberts told his TV audience that God had told him to raise $8 million by March 1987 or he would "call him home." He ended up raising over $9 million.
p8KQb TIL that muslims recognize Jesus of Nazareth as one of their prophets
4XJNJ TIL around 1800 BC, a king in Mesopotamia appointed a palace worker king for a short period of time to avoid a disaster that he was told was coming by an oracle. Near the end of the time, he died while eating soup and the worker ruled for 24 years.