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TIL at the end of Lee Iacocca's tenure as CEO Chrysler was so cash-strapped that they had to redesign their development process just to be able to afford making new models.

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PYAvw TIL that Neopets was run by the Church of Scientology.
5Qgp TIL, that there is a Marvel Character called Asbestos Lady, she robbed banks with her accomplises,who (like her) all wore asbestos lined clothing. She later died of cancer.
4XVJo TIL that the reason soccer lost popularity in America was primarily due to the Great Depression which caused many clubs to default and the shutdown of the American Soccer League
4jQJ TIL the director of the Guinness Breweries, became in 1951 involved in an argument about the fastest bird in Europe. The realisation there is no book for world records made him create “The Guinness Book of Records” that itself holds the world record as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time.
4knvo TIL in the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory director was frustrated with his staff, and would say "My Scottish maid could do better!" So, he hired his Scottish maid. Williamina Fleming ran a team for decades, classified tens of thousands of stars, & discovered white dwarfs and the Horsehead Nebula.