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TIL High School boys had to swim in the nude in schools across America until 1970

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5YZP9 TIL the first car to break the 100km/h (60mph) barrier was an electric vehicle in 1899
8a64b TIL Mad Magazine was threatened with a lawsuit after their parody of The Empire Strikes Back. The matter was dropped after Mad publisher Bill Gaines sent the lawyers a copy of a letter from George Lucas praising the satire
9w6JD TIL: The concept of "Net Carbs,"was created by Atkins Nutritionals Inc. It is not based on any scientific studies and the term was dropped from their program by Atkins in 2004 for being "too vague." Neither the FDA nor the American Diabetes Association recognizes the term or the concept as valid.
YpZXr TIL The Russo Brothers were given the reins of the MCU after Marvel president Kevin Feige saw and loved the Community episode "A Fistful of Paintballs"
a8DM0 TIL of the existence of giant viruses. Their sizes rival that of some bacteria (1.5-2uM) and they encode thousands of unknown genes. One of the largest was discovered and revived in 2014 from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost, revealing thawing permafrost as a reservoir of ancient giant viruses.