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TIL that Ford did NOT actually base their decision about the Ford Pinto on their estimated legal costs of lawsuits. It is a myth that was given new life by Fight club.

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N71yJ TIL Charles Strite invented pop-up toaster (and nothing else) out of frustration. At the time, bread had to be turned manually in order to toast both sides, which resulted in cafeterias serving burnt toast most of the time.
A5Gd TIL Steve Carell owns the old Marshfield General Store, in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He and his family spend their summers there and he bought it as an “emotional investment … to help preserve a little piece of history”.
EgO4W TIL elephants are the only wild animal that understands pointing without human training
mgyP TIL that in 2013, nearly an entire Russian family were killed by the fumes of rotting potatoes in their basement.
m1EQY TIL that some families in China, when a relative dies, go through a 3 years period called "Filial Mourning", during this period they must refrain from any form of celebration, like parties, weddings, birthdays, etc.