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TIL the Cadillac Automobile Company was founded by Henry Ford

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6p4w TIl that due to the Earth rotational bulge, the highest point on Earth is not Mt. Everest, but Chimborazo, Ecuador
Oodxe TIL Guinness beer and Guinness book of world records is the same company (though not officially related anymore)
Z881R Alan Shepard became the first American (suborbital) space traveller on May 5, 1961.
MBW7 TIL toilet paper companies are increasing margins by 1) shrinking the size of each “square” 2) increasing the size of the tube 3) shrinking the width of the roll and 4) decreasing the number of sheets per roll, all to make up for other paper products’ sales falling
YDDr TIL there is a website to test how much damage a nuclear bomb will do to a surrounding area, how do you fare against north korea’s tested bombs?