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TIL in the 1920s Fiat had a 1/2 mile race track built on the roof of their factory

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VJdB TIL that Swedish and Scandanavian dress up as witches and go door to door asking for candy…on Easter.
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0rlj TIL in 2012, a skydiver was almost hit by a meteor in mid-air and caught the incident on film (x-post worldnews)
GYnMg TIL that in 1967 the prime minister of Australia was swept out to sea, never to be seen again.
pYBJZ TIL that spent fuel from nuclear reactors is used to make household fire alarms