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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/horsepoop1123 on 2024-04-10 08:06:13.

Original Title: TIL that Ford Motors released Edsel in the late 1950s. The model was marketed as futuristic and even its release date was dubbed “E Day”. Edsel catastrophically failed, cost Ford over $2.5 billion in 2023 dollars, and quietly shut down 3 years after its release.