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TIL that Tesla is now worth more than Ford Motor Company

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nJrd TIL babies born to mothers who used heroin while pregnant are given tinctures of opium to treat their withdrawal
e094J TIL that Napoleon actually lost most of his troops during the summer period of his invasion of Russia rather than during the infamous winter retreat. France started with ~650,000 troops and many died from heat exhaustion and disease. The army numbered about 100,000 by the time it reached Moscow.
Eg49w TIL The name of the family in the Swiss Family Robinson is not actually Robinson (which isn't a Swiss name) but refers to the novel being part of the "Robinsonade" genre of literature, referring to Robinson Crusoe
Ea1X TIL Nickelodeon’s Kids Pick the President has successful predicted the outcome of all but one of the presidential elections since 1988.
QXV6 TIL a group of men fought in the American Revolution and lived to see the Civil War end.