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TIL Carroll Shelby supposedly placed a $100 bill in the glovebox of a Shelby Cobra 427 - if you could reach forward and grab it under acceleration, you could keep it.

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OG4ea TIL: before the release of the 1989 film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, the famous Al-Khazneh in Jordan was visited by only a few thousand tourists a year. Now, the site is filled with almost a million tourists annually, and has several shops around it relating to Indiana Jones.
aPVb TIL Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad’s first word upon setting foot on the Moon was “Whoopee!” in order to win a $500 bet with an Italian journalist that NASA didn’t script astronaut declarations.
REG4 TIL the melted butter topping served in movie theaters is mostly canola oil with additives mixed in
P1K1O TIL The Secret Service that protects the U.S. President used to be part of the Department of the the Treasury. Their original mission was to stop the spread of counterfeit money, a function which they still serve today.
wLgDY TIL LL Cool J's wife wouldn't talk to him for 2 weeks after she saw the "Doin' It" music video, which features a woman licking his face.