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TIL that the world record for most miles driven by a car is held by a Volvo P-1800S at 2,850,000 miles or about 114 times around the planet.

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7r8dZ TIL as a child, martial arts actor Jet Li was asked by Richard Nixon to be his personal bodyguard. Li replied, "I don't want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!"
GYroG TIL that Robert G Heft, who designed the current flag of the USA, did it as part of a school project. He initially got a B minus for his work, but his grade was changed to an A after Congress adopted his design.
oA5K TIL that a Humane Society investigation found that many Marc Jacobs garments labeled as ‘Faux Fur’ were actually made from dogs.
x6jMo TIL: Shell created scenarios called Scramble and Blueprint to deal with dwindling energy resources by 2050. Written in 2008, 15 years later the Scramble scenario has proven scarily accurate.
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