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TIL the tires for the Bugatti Veyron cost $42,000 per set and only last around 15 minutes at top speed.

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9YDDp Today I learned, that our future is in space.
9Y4ZM TIL about pOCD, or pedophilia OCD in which a person gets high anxiety from being around or thinking of children for fear of being sexually attracted to them, despite having no actual attraction or urges.
16OxW TIL that the two candidates in the 1886 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election were brothers. The two campaigned alongside each other, spending the first half of each campaign stop engaging in political banter and telling stories and the second half playing fiddle tunes while the crowd danced.
WyXN TIL there is a bright pink millipede that is able to ‘shoot’ cyanide.
J1By4 TIL Pau Brasil is the national tree of Brazil. A dye taken from the tree’s heartwood has been exploited by collectors since 1501. It also provides immensely valuable, almost indestructible timber used to manufacture bows for stringed instruments, for construction, to make traditional hunting tools.