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TIL that the band A-ha helped start Norway’s electric car revolution

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PN4w TIL a company developed a system for your home that when an earthquake is detected, a compressor will release an incredible amount of air underneath your house causing it float off it’s foundation
XEjb8 TIL in order not to pay gas guzzler taxes for its US-made fleet, Ford made the Crown Victoria in Canada, so that it would count towards the imported fleet, where its low MPG rating was balanced out by the fuel-efficient Festiva.
4k0pJ TIL Leonard DaVinci wrote most of his papers backwards.
NJ8P TIL that The Lone Ranger was most likely based on real life U.S. Deputy Marshall Bass Reeves - the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi
Bmrk TIL jaguars have such powerful jaws that they kill their prey by biting into the brain directly through the skull.