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TIL that Motorola Razr is still being released after first being released in 2004

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gMe58 TIL of Martin Heemeyer an American welder and Muffler repair shop owner who in 2004 went on a rampage and destroyed numerous buildings in the town of Granby Colorado with a modified bulldozer.
Bprr TIL a Japanese Consul in WWII saved 6,000 Jews from Hitler by writing them all Visas to Japan even after the government told him not to.
GpwJ TIL that there is a 7-slotted grill on all Jeeps, because it signifies the fact that the Jeep brand was the first manufacturer to have its vehicle driven on all seven continents.
EgrDx TIL That in addition to "The Golden Rule" there's also "The Golden Mean" or golden middle way - The desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency.
9eOp TIL Ore trains in Sweden traveling down to the coast generate five times the amount of electricity they use, powering nearby towns and the return trip for other trains.