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TIL that in 2004, researchers were exploring using sugar, specifically glucose, as fuel for an ecologically friendly automobile.

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4kp55 TIL that the BBC has a Coat of Arms.
GYJ1J TIL a young female Arctic fox fitted with a tracking device trekked 2,175 miles from Norway to Canada in 76 days, settling on Ellesmere Island in Canada. She traveled an average of 28 miles/day with a maximum pace of 96 miles/day, outpacing a previously tracked adult male fox by 1.4 times.
JY988 TIL Notorious Hellraiser and actor Oliver Reed once “kidnapped” the milkman while delivering to his home in Surrey, and took him on a two-day drinking binge.
VDD TIL If you own a Mac, Orbitz travel agency will show you more expensive hotels than people who own PC’s because people who own Mac’s spend 30% more money.
n8X9 TIL Michael Cera played the voice of “Brother Bear” in the children show “The Berenstain Bears.”