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TIL Volkswagen has designed a production car that has a fuel consumption of 0.9L/100km (260mpg)

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16xxP TIL in the 1974 NHL the Buffalo Sabres drafted a fictional Japanese player, Taro Tsujimoto, in the 11th round because their general manager was frustrated on how long the draft process was taking
7rbEL TIL that "Voldemort" (vol de mort) translates from French/Latin to "flight of death;" also "theft by death," or how Voldemort took Harry's parents from him.
N7lye TIL that the Volkswagen Group makes $9,202.88 every second.
LQkNr TIL that the Sinaloa Cartel earns between $3 billion and $39 billion US Dollars a year.
Vwbk TIL that in 1771, a Japanese woman known only as Aochababa (green tea hag) was dissected to compare Chinese anatomical knowledge to the Dutch. The Japanese were astonished to see that the Dutch were correct, and wrote up their findings in a 4 volume text, overturning centuries of Chinese medicine.