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TIL the top speed of the Bugatti Veyron is limited not by the engine, but rather its tires exploding.

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9W6M TIL that between 1947 & 1948 the ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax recorded prison and chain gang songs in Mississippi and Louisiana State Penitentiaries. They are incredible.
rABx TIL in 1993, Tupac renamed his publishing company from Ghetto Gospel Music to Joshua’s Dream after a random, dead young boy named Joshua whose last wish was to meet him. He flew to Maryland and took Joshua to a basketball game shortly before he died.
LQx1Z TIL about BonziBUDDY, a free virtual desktop assistant created in 1999. People called it spyware after it was found out to have collected user's personal information before serving them pop-up ads. Because of this, it had to pay $75k in fines, and was discontinued in 2004.
ZDMR TIL Terrence Howard was paid more than Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man. He also believes the movie killed his career.
evBL TIL The advertising executive that first used sex appeal in ads was a female, and a member of the suffragette movement.