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TIL that electric cars were already being manufactured in 1905 by the Rauch & Lang Company and By 1908 they were producing 500 automobiles a year

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VBgxp TIL that the earliest documentation of distilling water was by the Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle
nG1Y TIL an identity thief stole the identity of a surgeon and while aboard a Navy destroyer was tasked with performing several life saving surgeries. He proceeded to memorize a medical textbook just before hand and all the patients survived.
v1nJD TIL research found that 94% of British people said they had conversed about the weather in the past six hours, and 38% said they had in the past 60 minutes. This means at any moment in the UK, a third of the population is either talking about the weather, has already done so or are about to do so.
wAVY TIL you can be “gruntled” (the opposite of disgruntled) and it means you are pleased, satisfied, and contented.
OM16 TIL that the pinky promise originally meant is the person doesn’t keep their promise their pinky finger would be chopped off.