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

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RGKa TIL: The presidential limousines in the last decade have their own ecosystem completely sealed from the outside in case of weapon, chemical attacks. They use heavy duty truck frames and use a diesel engine to lug 20k lbs. of steel and hidden weaponry. Two pints of president’s blood is also on hand.
pDyQ TIL Philadelphia has a “consecrated hermit” who lives in a rowhouse he bought for $1.00.
LQlD9 TIL that influenza originated as an indirect result of the domestication of pigs and ducks
yQGv8 TIL that in the 50's NASA recruited Deaf people to research why they didn't get motion sickness. Tests included flights in 'Vomit Comet' and sailing in the rough seas (researchers got violently sick, while Deaf people just played cards happily).
V9m0 TIL An artist built a 750 sq ft apartment in a shopping mall parking lot that went undiscovered for 4 years.