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TIL that bananas emit antimatter.

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oRKVA TIL Ferruccio Lamborghini was a successful tractor manufacturer who loved driving his Ferraris. After telling Enzo Ferrari that the cars' clutches need to be improved, he was snubbed and told to stick to tractors. Infuriated, this started their legendary rivalry.
BrDwW TIL When Caesers Palace opened on Aug 5, 1966, the ceremony cost $1MM dollars. The cost included "the largest order of Ukrainian caviar ever placed by a private organization", two tons of filet mignon, 300 pounds (140 kg) of Maryland crabmeat and 50,000 glasses of champagne.
8d8L TIL There is a $44,000 salary cap for doormen in NYC
ZVxv TIL In the 1980’s, Freddie Mercury dressed up Princess Diana in drag so she could go dance and party undetected at the local gay club.
WkLdo TIL when John Connally died in 1993, there was a petition to recover the fragments of the bullet that hit him in Kennedy's assassination, hoping to disprove the single bullet theory. Department of justice replied that it would approve if Connally's family gave permission, which they refused to give.