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TIL Legalizing direct-to-consumer car sales would reduce the average price by over $3000

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dDMZZ TIL that the VitaminWater class-action lawsuit resulted no compensation for the consumers, and Coca Cola/Glacéau could continue marketing VitaminWater as “nutrient enhanced water beverage”.
Wk55o TIL Germany's 83 million inhabitants ate 19.6 billion chicken eggs last year
N7nX6 TIL that in 1947, a ship carrying ammonium nitrate exploded, ripping the wings off airplanes flying nearby, launching its 2 ton anchor over a mile and a half away, blowing out windows 10 miles away, decimating the entire port of Texas City and the surrounding areas, killing at least 581 people.
OGooY TIL Edgar Whisenant, former NASA engineer, wrote a multi-million-copies-sold book about the Rapture happening in 1988. When it didn't, he wrote another one about it happening in 1989, then 1993, and finally in 1994. His predictions were unsuccessful.
Z5No TIL that after the short-lived “Friends” spin-off “Joey” was cancelled, Joey’s living room set was donated to a medical personnel “simulation centre” where paramedics could conduct training exercises and have their performance recorded on camera