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TIL that Germany’s racing color is silver because one of their cars was barely overweight, so they just scrapped the paint off leaving the silver body. The car won and the color stuck.

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Mep1A TIL of the Lollards, pre Lutheran Christian Reformists who opposed many practices of the Catholic Church (such as praying to saints and confession) and translated the bible into English.
ANKNw TIL Alabama did not repel it's ban on interracial marriage untill 2000
4AMg TIL that the Saudi Arabian judiciary increased a 19-year-old rape victim’s sentence from 90 lashes to 200 lashes plus six months in jail because her lawyer drew the world’s attention to the case.
jNRWE TIL that brass doorknobs (or any other brass objects) sterilise themselves after about 8h since bacteria have a hard time surviving on brass. This is called the Oligodynamic Effect.
0Vav TIL: The Dead Sea Scrolls, prized by Jews, also talks about Gilgamesh, the Babylonian hero, as a real person who died in the Flood. He receives dreams of his impending doom, making it a possible prequel for his journey in his Babylonian Epoch.