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TIL that the record for the shortest F1 career is just 2 metres of racing, achieved by German driver Ernst Loof, who only competed in the 1953 German Grand Prix

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GrM7 Til that sting will earn $2000 a day because his song was used on puff daddy’s “ill be missing you” without his permission.
NXVGE TIL that woodlice are not insects, they are crustaceans and are related to lobsters.
5VxEB TIL a survey of 1,900 workers found that: 70% of them lied on their resumes, 76% lied on their cover letters, and 80% lied during the job interview.
GY8dQ TIL- apples are not indigenous to North America, nor most of Europe. They originated in Kazakhstan, in central Asia east of the Caspian Sea. The capital of Kazakhstan, Alma Ata, means “full of apples.” By 1500 BC apple seeds had been carried throughout Europe
WkZOA TIL that when microbiologist Curt Jones tried to freeze cow feed with liquid nitrogen to turn it into mini pellets, he was inspired to do the same with ice cream and invented Dippin' Dots.