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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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RPJl TIL that Martha Stewart once dated Anthony Hopkins, but broke up with him after she saw Silence of the Lambs. She stated she was unable to avoid associating Hopkins with the character of Hannibal Lecter.
EgVdw TIL in 1993 Benneton clothing company featured a series of famous people computer-blended with people of different races: Black Arnold Schwarzenegger, is still confusing the internet today
PYYRV TIL that police in Kenya are ranked the worst in the world.
VMXB4 TIL: December 5th is Krampusnacht or "Krampus Night" when men dressed as Krampus drink alcohol, run through the streets, and chase delinquent children around and hit them with sticks. Many anthropologists believe the tradition is pre-Christian and goes back to pagan mythology.
NWlE TIL: Scientists found a tomato plant on a volcanic island and were perplexed as to how it got there. Turns out it grew up fertilized in the poop left by a previous researcher.