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TIL Renault once sold a model called "Le Car"

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ANbPd TIL the concept and name for the atom bomb was first conceived of by H. G. Wells in the 1914 novel The World Set Free. The story may have influenced the development of the real life weapons, as physicist Leo Szilard had read the novel before conceiving of the neutron chain reaction.
grM14 TIL that CeCe Peniston was the first foreign female entertainer to perform in post-apartheid South Africa.
nWdKB TIL in 2013 a man taking shelter under a tree during a storm was struck by lightning, which knocked him off his feet. But before he hit ground, he was struck by a second bolt of lightning. However he never lost consciousness & escaped with only minor injuries. His doctors told him he was "a miracle"
4EMb TIL Bob Marley was buried with his red Gibson guitar, a bible opened to Psalm 23, and bud of marijuana
p6x8 TIL The script for Being John Malkovich was written exclusively for John Malkovich (without his knowledge). New Line Cinema dropped the film after asking “Why the fuck can’t it be being Tom Cruise?” When John Malkovich first read the script he was “half intrigued and half horrified.”