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TIL some versions of the Ford Model T car had engines that ran on ethanol instead of gasoline.

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PYVOO TIL Hundreds of skeletons are scattered around a site high in the Himalayas, Roopkund lake, in India
YpZ1A TIL that when the very famous mime Jean-Gaspard Duburau (creator of the modern Pierrot) was accused of murder in 1836, hundreds of Parisians came to the courthouse. Not for the trial itself but just to finally hear the voice of the mime.
nypG TIL that Christian Atheists, who don’t believe in God but follow the teachings of Jesus.
Y7rr TIL “Manute Bol is the tallest player in the history of the National Basketball Association. He is also the only player in the NBA to have killed a lion with a spear and to have paid 80 cows for his wife.”
y0PM TIL Charles Baldwin, designer of the international Biohazard symbol, said regarding his design, “We wanted something that was memorable but meaningless, so we could educate people as to what it means.”