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TIL Land Rover Dubai has an edible owner's manual for customers if they get lost in the Arabian Desert.

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d8QW7 TIL that those USB A ports with an outwards bent flange are actually meant to be completely on the inside of the housing
J0V1 TIL that the compliance-gaining technique of adding “but you are free to refuse” after a verbal request has been found to double your chances of getting what you want.
RXgQ TIL the Roman Emperor Vespasian hated philosophers, seeing them as “unmanly complainers who talked too much.” One philosopher was banished to an island and still criticized Vespasian, so the Emperor sent a message: “You are doing everything to force me to kill you, but I do not slay a barking dog.”
b67ZN TIL The Calgary Hitmen, a major junior hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League, were named after Bret "The Hitman" Hart, a local-born WWF/WWE wrestler, who was a founding owner of the team in 1994.
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