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TIL only one genuine 1983 model year Corvette exists in the world. Every other Corvette from that year was crushed.

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woeY TIL the world’s entire demand of electricity could be supplied with a solar farm the size of Spain.
b9xJp TIL that in 2016, Congressman Peter Welch won both the Democratic and Republican primaries in his state.
yw5J TIL Ophiocordyceps unilateralis has been known to destroy entire ant colonies. In response, ants have evolved the ability to sense that a member of the colony is infected; healthy ants will carry the dying one far away from the colony in order to avoid fungal spore exposure.
v1Abx TIL all Treasurers of the USA have been women since 1949. Their signatures appear on all paper money.
MMNa TIL mathematician Max Little invented a brilliant way to diagnose Parkinson’s Disease by simply listening to someone’s voice on the phone. Success rate: an amazing 99%!