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TIL about 'Bakers Torpedo', an ELECTRIC car that raced to 100mph in 1902 beating the previous land speed record by 25mph

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W4G8 TIL Warner Bros. threatened movie theaters with blockage of future posters if they showed a parody movie of Harry Potter
jNV5M TIL a Harvard study found that hiring one highly productive ‘toxic worker’ does more damage to a company’s bottom line than employing several less productive, but more cooperative, workers.
Lko5m TIL when Japanese pole vaulters Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Oe tied for silver at the 1936 Olympics they refused a tie-breaker. The silver was arbitrarily awarded to Nishida. They had their medals cut in half and then welded together so they each had one "friendship medal" of half silver, half bronze.
5VoEr TIL that FIFA funded a movie about the origins of FIFA itself, called "United Passions". It was also a major box-office bomb, losing $26.8 million worldwide, and is considered to be one of the worst films of all time
R7646 TIL about Germany Schaefer, who played major-league baseball from 1901 to 1918. He liked to steal first base after reaching second to confuse the pitcher. After his retirement, a rule was passed that any player who ran the bases in the wrong direction would be called out.