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TIL in 1900 around a third of all vehicles on the road in the United States were electric.

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R5ZA8 TIL there is a rainforest in Alaska
a897y TIL "Hiérarchie du cocuage" is a short text by Charles Fourier, first published posthumously in the "Manuscripts of Fourier" and then in 1924 in a separate volume. It is a classification of the 79 different kinds of cuckolds.
OGayY TIL that a fire destroyed most of Harvard Library’s collection in 1764. Only a small number of books were spared, including 144 that were checked out at the time. One of these books was found and returned in 1997!
Qyy6 TIL Certain high up influential people at wikipedia are are allegedly editing Wikipedia pages and facilitating front-page placement for their pay-for-play, publicity-seeking clients.
MYY7 TIL that the phrase “I have a bad feeling about this” was spoken in every Star Wars movie.