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TIL that Toyota built a monster truck version of its Sienna minivan and dubbed it a UUV (Ultimate Utility Vehicle).

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dBJj TIL that beer hops naturally produce an acid that can kill off a parasitic mite known to annihilate entire colonies of bees. Hops have shown such promise to helping Colony Collapse Disorder, that the EPA has even approved their use as a biochemical miticide.
0dkeM TIL after two and a half hours of competing in the olympic high jump two athletes decided to share gold
LQlMZ TIL Willard Scott, long time NBC figure, lost his gig as Bozo the Clown, then went on to create and be the original Ronald McDonald that we recognize today.
7RYL TIL the European Bison or ‘wisent’ exists and was considered extinct in the wild in 1927. Since then, this species has been reintroduced in many European countries. They are making an amazing comeback and now are no longer considered an endangered species
awVRN TIL an attempted assassin armed with two pistols had them both misfire and the very not assassinated President Andrew Jackson beat him with a cane