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TIL Fiat is an acronym for "Fabbrica Italiana Automobilli Torino"

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awX1b TIL In 2016 several California Judges discarded over 66,000 arrest warrants because they felt it was unfair to arrest poor people simply because they could not pay fines.
W700A TIL The Red Pyramid, which is third pyramid built by Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu in ca. 2575–2551 BCE, is Egypt's first "true", smooth-sided pyramid.
1aWXD TIL of the city of Lakewood, CA and the post-World War II suburban community. Developers in the city built 17,500 homes in less than three years on empty fields. They then sold about 30 homes per day to war veterans backed by government mortgages, once selling 107 homes in one hour!
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