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TIL There have been more fatalities (265) in the Isle Of Man TT than there has been races (101).

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E1bKd TIL that Lobster used to be Peasant Food until the Mid 1800's because trains and Canned Lobster made it more available thus driving up the price and making it a delicacy
Z81Qa TIL Following the first successful powered flight in 1903, the Wright Brothers took their invention to a cautious War Department, who were skeptical due to past false claims. Incensed that their good word was not accepted, and worried about weak patent laws, the Wrights hid their invention away.
Z8KK4 TIL, in 1969, police raided George Harrison's house and arrested him when they claimed to have found a large piece of hashish in one of Harrison’s shoes. Harrison proclaimed his innocence, saying, "I’m a tidy man. I keep my socks in the sock drawer and stash in the stash box. It’s not mine."
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