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TIL if your mom was stressed out while pregnant with you you’re more likely to have a psychological disorder.

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lxNK TIL that Lawrence of Rome became the Patron Saint of cooking and firefighters after saying “I’m well done, turn me over!” while being burned alive
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0w96A TIL that in 1973 the CEO of GM dismissed Honda's CVCC technology as only good for "little toy motorcycle engines." Soichiro Honda then bought a Chevy Impala with a 5.7L V8 and had engineers build a CVCC system for it. Flown back to the US, it passed EPA tests without a catalytic converter.
wKB1 TIL, Al Gore graduated 25th in his class of 51, applied to only one college, Harvard, and was accepted.
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