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TIL More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.

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woV87 TIL - In 1948 the Mahindra car company struck a deal with Willy's Overland Corp., makers of the original WW2 MB 1/4 ton utility trucks, to make a model for the Indian market. This would eventually lead to the feud with Jeep-Stellantis over similar looking vehicles.
W7G79 TIL that, technically, bananas and pumpkins are berries, but raspberries and strawberries aren't
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