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TIL Ford was offered Volkswagen for free in 1948.

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xAb0 TIL In 1990 British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster was sucked out of a window when it broke off and was pinned to the aircraft for 20 minutes while crew clung to his legs before landing. He suffered only minor injuries and was flying within 5 months.
Jy81 TIL a volcanologist died at an observation camp when Mount St. Helens exploded in 1980. He had agreed, for one day, to fill in for a colleague who was rotating out a third scientist based at the camp. The man rotated out died 11 years later during the Mount Unzen (Japan) eruption.
9wnBD TIL that it costs 2350 USD to renounce your US citizenship
b64mZ TIL rowing increases parts of the heart to enlarge so it can pump more blood. The exercise increases blood pressure and strengthens heart walls as well.
nmZr TIL that pre-ejaculatory fluid (“Pre-cum”) is released from a different part of the anatomy of the penis (than sperm) and is meant to lower the acidity in the vagina before ejaculation and most studies are in agreement that it CANNOT get someone pregnant.