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TIL that BMW is the Largest Automotive Exporter by Value in the U.S.

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KYYDJ TIL in a four year span, road debris caused more than 200,000 car crashes, resulting in approximately 39,000 injuries and more than 500 deaths in the US.
a8GZL TIL about the Roman conquest of Anglesey, which was targeted because it was a Druid hotspot. The Romans suffered a rare loss of confidence initially, before eventually overcoming their Druidic opponents.
BrJjx TIL that Michigan is the only state with a law that explicitly prevents the poor workplace treatment of someone based on their weight.
8e5XX TIL the last poem in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a parody of a famous poem in which the speaker dies for the unrequited love of a girl named Alice. Carroll obliterated the resemblance between his poem and the original by removing the first stanza when he added the poem to his children's book
ANoXw TIL John II of Portugal summoned the Duke of Viseu (his cousin & brother-in-law) to his palace and personally stabbed him to death for suspicion of conspiracy.