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TIL Volkswagen had a promotion where every car came with a limited edition electric guitar that could plug into the car as an amp

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LnDZ TIL in 1996 the IRA planted a bomb in Manchester City centre and told the authorities they had an hour to evacuate the area. The police successfully managed to evacuate 75,000 people in what has been called the most ‘extraordinary policing operations’ in UK history. There wasn’t a single fatality.
nWwX9 TIL, Neanderthals and Woolly Mammoths Shared Genetic Traits
oRZ5R TIL community or homeowner associations govern some 74 million people nationwide in America
AD0Mg TIL That the Space Shuttle always fired its main engines 6.6 seconds before the side rockets. If the main engines failed to start there’d be no way to stop the side rockets because they cannot be shut off once ignited.
bNbZ TIL in the past 16 years there were 424 pipeline accidents in the United States, with an average of 14.5 days between incidents.