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TIL of a machine weighing 200 tons that could stream music…over a century ago

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ALYg TIL the intro to Van Halen’s “Runnin’ With the Devil” is actually car horns. They were taken out of the band’s cars, mounted in a box powered by two car batteries, then slowed down during recording.
4XnvR TIL the current water speed record of 318mph (511.1kph) was set by an Australian in 1977 and remains unbroken to this day. Two attempt have been made to break this record in the past 40 years and both resulted in the deaths of their operators.
KZrE TIL that a man was rejected by the New London, CT Police Dept. for scoring too high on a basic intelligence test in 1996. He sued, and the US Dist. Court ruled that police departments can in fact disallow intelligent applicants.
Q7Wd TIL ~1 in 5 British children are conceived on Ikea mattresses
VMbNB TIL former governor of Alabama George Wallace died the same day Gary Sinise won an Emmy for playing him in a movie (September 13, 1998)