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TIL Tesla’s entire production line once completely stopped due to a $3 USB cable being accidentally unplugged

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XWB8 TIL children will, on average, eat 54% more fruits and vegetables if recess comes before lunch (versus the other way around)
VMQ6m TIL that Thanksgiving was not actually a federal holiday in the United States until 1863, when it was declared so by Abraham Lincoln.
X0X9P TIL the last Communist leader of East Germany, Egon Krenz, is still alive. He spent 4 years in prison for crimes committed as a high-ranking politician in East Germany. He also still defends the former East Germany, is a Russophile, and believes that the Cold War never ended.
Ege4V TIL Mad Magazine exposed American Brands, a major cigarette manufacturer, that also owned Franklin Life Insurance claim cigarettes are harmless while charging more to insure smokers. (1988)
5YKMn TIL that the biblical story of Susanna and the Elders also appears in the One Thousand and One Nights