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TIL that Holland has a defensive strategy of submerging the whole country in case of foreign invasion.

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ng4Y TIL in 1986, ‘60 Minutes’ ran a scathing exposé on the Audi 5000, alleging it could wildly accelerate on its own. However, their on-air demonstration used a rigged car to show falsified results. Gov’t tests later vindicated Audi but their sales had already plummeted. '60 Minutes’ never apologized.
rRAee TIL the old format of 'Wheel of Fortune' in the 1980s took so long to film that hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White would sneak off and have “two or three or six” margaritas before returning to the set, where they would “have trouble recognizing the alphabet”.
XnBX TIL some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors to detect radar detector detectors to prevent detection
4X8ZN TIL Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson have matching BFF tattoos
Kpo6 TIL When Randy Johnson hit a bird with a fastball 15 years ago, PETA tried to give him a hard time about it.