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TIL the Fisker Automotive failure lost the US government at least $600M

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dYeK TIL an Italian singer wrote a song in the 70s that is made to simulate how a non-English speaker hears American English
ANlRx TIL that the Huns had no known written language. Other than the names of famous Huns, only three Hunnic words are known to have been preserved: medos (a mead-like drink), kamos (a barley drink), and strava (a funeral feast).
6E9AW The need to find fuel to generate energy is a profound drive within the biology of all living organisms: we all need food to survive. So it’s not surprising that our bodies have such a complex system to control food intake, driven by hormones.
yV7eX TIL the universe is mostly hydrogen (74%) and helium (24%). All other matter is part of the remaining 2% of stuff in the universe. The sum total of this matter accounts for less than 5% of the universe’s energy.
m0QM TIL young male monkeys prefer playing with toy cars, while female monkeys with dolls.