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Ypyxv TIL in the 1968 and 1969 model years Ford dealership Rankin Ford offered their own car model - the RF-500. It was a combination of the Ford Custom body and LTD front end.
BpRb TIL the French Intelligence services blew up a Greenpeace ship in a New Zealand port, killing a photographer on board.
69vQZ TIL that Sweden lost a gold medal in the team dressage event at the 1948 Olympic games in London because one of the riders was "only" a sergeant and not an officer. This rule was subsequently scrapped and from then on civilians could compete, too.
1aKL8 TIL about Lake Natron: a Tanzanian salt lake that can turn animals into stone