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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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e06DE TIL that Henry Ford's intense hatred of Jazz drove him to pump tons of money into promoting country music, which was then called "old time music" and helped establish country music culture as we know it today.
KYNXR TIL The Mendoza Line is baseball jargon for a .200 batting average, the supposed threshold for offensive futility at the Major League level. It is named after shortstop Mario Mendoza, who failed to reach .200 five times in his nine big league seasons.
XKYP TIL that in Finland the cost of traffic and speed violations is calculated by the offending driver’s annual income and that someone has been fined 200,000 euros for a single speeding offense.
6E6mY TIL of Cassius M. Clay, a politician and rabid abolitionist. He was once shot during a debate, and chased down his assassin, stabbing him & throwing him off an embankment. He later fended off 6 men, even though they had guns and he only had a bowie knife. He was a candidate to be Lincoln's VP.
LQvKZ TIL Hawaii was formed after the dinosaurs had been extinct for 50 million years.