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TIL the Mascot of a WWII British Air Force Squadron was a Black Lab Called “Nigger”

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vPVAR TIL that to calculate the CPI for a single item, you would simply do CPI = (updated cost / base period cost) x 100. The "updated cost" is divided by that of the initial year, then multiplied by 100.
0w96A TIL that in 1973 the CEO of GM dismissed Honda's CVCC technology as only good for "little toy motorcycle engines." Soichiro Honda then bought a Chevy Impala with a 5.7L V8 and had engineers build a CVCC system for it. Flown back to the US, it passed EPA tests without a catalytic converter.
N7LE TIL that from World War II and every U.S. conflict since, only four military chaplains have been awarded the Medal of Honor – all Catholic priests, who refused to abandon wounded men in combat.
9wwJQ TIL about a blind Bulgarian mystic called Baba Vanga who passed away in 1996 but who left behind predictions for every year until 5079, at which point she believed the universe would cease to exist.
WoRL TIL that the Roman Emperor Caligual once declared war on Posiden by ordering his army to head to the beach and start stabbing the water.