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TIL that GM imported Aussie-made Holden Commodore VF performance sedans to the US from 2014-2017 and re-badged them as the Chevrolet SS.

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Vy94 TIL a concert grand piano has to resist 30 tons of pressure being put on it by the tensioned piano wires
9VZQ TIL That the amount of petroleum used to create one plastic bag is enough to drive a car for approximately 375 ft.
Me1Z0 TIL that since the Queen of England has reigned for so long, 4/5 UK residents weren't alive when she ascended to the throne.
OYYX TIL that the world’s first Buddhist ruler, Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India form 274-232 BCE, was the first ruler in human history to ban slavery, the death penalty, animal cruelty, and deforestation. He even advocated gender equality in education and religious institutions.
D1vor TIL about John “Liver Eatin’” Johnson, a Mexican-American War veteran turned mountain man, who in 1847 started a personal vendetta against the Crow Nation after they killed his Flathead wife, he is said to have killed and scalped more than 300 Crows and then ate their livers as a sign of disrespect