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TIL from 1969-72 Ford offered their cars in a color called "Anti-Establishment Mint"

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W7eyA TIL the 1st movie about Genghiz Khan's life was made in the Philippines by local director Mario Conde in 1950. As western censorship standards were not present at the time it was considered too graphic and violent by the Venice Film Festival in 1952
b91nZ TIL that the first internal combustion engine was designed in 1661, and would use gunpowder to drive the pistons!
0wgQp TIL that when the Panchen Lama (2nd in command to the Dalai Lama) died in 1989, the Tibetan Buddhists chose a six year old boy to replace him in accordance with tradition. The Chinese government was unhappy with the pick and abducted him. He hasn’t been heard from since.
e0lEn TIL that in the US from 1951 to 1963, the rate of tax for the highest earners was 91-92%.
4krR TIL that Socrates’ would walk, according to historians, with “ a swagger so intimidating that enemy soldiers kept their distance” and “barefoot and unwashed, carrying a stick and looking arrogant”