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TIL the 2010 Lexus SC 430 was the last car to come with a cassette deck in the United States.

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J1vEv TIL there were over 20 assassination plots/attempts on Adolf Hitler. The "July 20th" plot was the closest at being successful, but only injuring Hitler. In retribution Hitler executed around 4900 people, only 200 of which were involved in the plot.
6E08J TIL 4 years ago 16 year old Korean Pop star Chao Tzuyu of TWICE released a video apology for waving a Taiwanese flag during a show of JYP Entertainment. The reactions in Taiwan "may have widened the opposition's victory margin by 1%... gaining a majority in parliament for the first time".
kdO1 TIL a sign language interpreter in the Ukraine courageously defied state censors in 2004 by signing to her deaf viewers the true winner of the presidential election.
R5wD8 TIL Candy corn was called "Chicken feed" when it was first produced in the late 1880s. The Goelitz Confectionery Company, who bought the manufacturing rights in 1898, alluded to the old name with the advertising slogan "Something worth crowning for".
5BVD TIL the special sunglasses John Lennon and Ozzy Osbourne wore are called “teashades”