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TIL the 5th gen Chevrolet Camaro, released in 2010, was developed by Holden, an Australian car manufacturer owned by GM a the time. The current Camaro is still built on a modified version of the GM Zeta platform created by Holden.

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kjD1 TIL In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any Hotmail account using the password ‘eh’. At the time it was called “the most widespread security incident in the history of the Web”
KObJJ TIL that in the US, production of alarm clocks was allowed in 1944, despite them containing brass needed for war materials, because workers kept missing their shifts due to a critical alarm clock shortage.
wLxB7 TIL a game company hired Yakuza to kidnap a game developers sister because he decided to work with nintendo
W7xk8 TIL that people in sunny tropical countries can be Vitamin D deficient
ADMog TIL that Deland McCullough, former NFL player, and current RB coach for the Chiefs, was given up for adoption at birth in 1973. He found his birth mother in 2017. She told him the name of his father, who turned out to be his college coach and mentor throughout his adult life.