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TIL that the Wensleydale Cheese Company came close to shutting down in 1990, and was only saved when Wallace, from “Wallace and Gromit,” named it his favorite brand. The show’s creator, Nick Park, didn’t even know of the company’s struggles, but after joining forces, cheese sales improved rapidly.

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nWaN7 TIL 800,000+ kids go missing the USA every year, equivalent to over 2100 per day.
a09o TIL General Motors deliberately destroyed streetcars as a strategy to push the United States into automobile dependency.
kJaAm TIL that International Shooting Union barred women from shooting with men in 1993, after Zhang Shan won the gold medal in Skeet Shooting in 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Alad TIL that the Volkswagen T2 has been continually produced since 1950. Production will cease at the end of this year.
ZApQ TIL that the first privately owned Spaceport ever is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013 and is in New Mexico.