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TIL in November 1961 an East German defector arrived in Japan. Using engineering knowledge he had gained in the GDR, he designed Suzuki's new 50cc and 125cc racers and rode them at international Grand Prix events. By October 1962, he had won Suzuki's first World Championship in the 50cc class.

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mxr4R TIL I learned about Mellified man. The donor would only eat honey, going as far as to bathe in the substance. Shortly, his feces (and even his sweat, according to legend) would consist of honey. When this diet finally proved fatal, the donor's body would be placed in a stone coffin filled with honey
BgBEb TIL that in 2014, scientists discovered a 30,000-year-old virus in Siberian permafrost. Named Pithovirus sibericum, it was still infectious and started killing amoebae, raising concerns about the potential release of unknown pathogens due to Arctic ice melting or drilling.
vPR7K TIL about the Cerutti Mastodon Site, a paleontological & possible archeological site where broken mastodon bones with cobblestones showing wear & impact marks among the otherwise fine-grain sands were found. One theory suggests this to be evidence for an earlier human migration to North America.
P1QDE TIL James O'Barr (the Crow) has changed his story about his fiancee's death over the years, in 1994 he claimed that she was a high school girlfriend
jYxR TIL that Sweden’s recycling program is so effective that 99% of household waste is recycled. Even its food waste is composted. Sweden even imports 700,000 tons of waste from other countries.