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TIL the Fiat 500L was the world's first production car to offer an espresso machine option.

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APGa TIL President Kennedy initially suggested a Mars mission because he was unconvinced that a moon landing was bold enough to prove American superiority over the Soviets
9YyPX TIL the word "cancer" is derived from the Latin term for crab because translations of Hippocrates observed that in surface-level tumors, "the veins are stretched on all sides as the animal the crab has its feet". Greek tradition forbade opening the body, so the description was limited to skin.
RdN7 TIL the farthest distance into space humans have traveled was reached during the Apollo 13 emergency.
BrGxb TIL that the dangerous strains of E-Coli Bacteria only came into existence in the early 70s, when, by a freak event of DNA sharing, a E-Coli Bacterium gained the gene to produce kidney and intestine destroying Shiga Toxins from a Shigella Bacterium, the bacteria that causes Dysentery.
mxm9Y TIL that scientists have created genetically modified goats that create spider silk in their milk. Large quantities of spider silk can be farmed for use in such applications as replacement ligaments and bullet proof vests.