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TIL Chrysler once made a motorcycle out of a Doge Viper V-10 engine. The top speed was estimated to be 400 mph.

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a8ePL TIL: Before CAD, semiconductor chips were designed and drawn by hand, a process that typically required 7-9 revisions. However, Bill Mench managed to singlehandedly draw the design of MOS 6502 chip (used in the C64 and Atari 2600) without any revisions!
Oo6e1 TIL when autocorrect first launched on Microsoft Word, Goldman Sachs employees had difficulty using it because their company name automatically changed to Goddamn Sachs.
4kNga TIL a 19th century self-help movement called “Ralstonism” (named after author Everett Ralston) convinced the Purina Mills folks to rename their company Ralston-Purina. The name “Everett Ralston” was a pseudonym and the man never existed.
Yp4EW TIL of Sybil Ludington, who rode double the length of Paul Revere at only 16 years old to alert Americans that the British were coming. She was personally thanked by George Washington for her service
yQRpV TIL That the Steam Engine Was Invented in Ancient Egypt, but had No Practical Use