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TIL of Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, a 2001 cult film about Jesus' modern day struggle to protect the lesbians of Ottawa, Ontario, from vampires with the help of Mexican wrestler El Santo

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R5bj6 TIL in Henry Fords' childhood farming was manual. He wanted to "lift the burden of farming from flesh and blood and place it on steel and motors." Ford was the only automotive firm to sell cars, trucks and tractors simultaneously from 1917 to 1928.
9wpj6 TIL that a large port of NY State is considered Appalachia and has a Federal Commission overseeing the development of the impoverished population
vPvoj TIL the 3D shape that we know as a donut 🍩 is scientifically named “torus”
NXgw1 TIL Hangovers cost the U.S. economy an estimated $220 billion in lost productivity every year.
b6lB7 TIL Harry Mendell invented the Melodian, the digital sampling synthesizer that Stevie Wonder featured on several albums. Mendell also helped develop Unix, and went on to contribute to the fields of global risk management, stock options trading, and machine learning.