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TIL While visiting Camp David in 1973, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was given a Lincoln Continental by Richard Nixon. Brezhnev coaxed Nixon into the passenger seat and then drove off the property, leaving the President’s security detail behind as the two leaders sped down rural, narrow roads.

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dGej TIL the slowest musical piece in history, As SLow aS Possible (ASLSP) by John Cage, is currently being played for the next 639 years. It started 2001 and the last note change was in 2013.
p8PeQ TIL the "We ain't found shit!" guy from Spaceballs was played by Tim Russ. Who played Tuvok on Star Trek, Voyager.
JlWm TIL the Oh My God Particle, an ultra high energy particle (a billion times more energy than the LHC’s output) that travels so absurdly fast, time dilation dictates that it would have experienced 16 days of time since the beginning of the universe
MeEmm TIL Mel Boozer, the African American human rights activist, became the first openly gay person ever nominated for the office of Vice President of the United States in 1980.
6ARQ TIL Takeru Kobayashi, 6-time Nathans Hot Dog Eating competition winner, lost in a hotdog eating competition against a 1089lb Kodiak bear; he ate 31 hot dogs in 2min36 seconds against the bear’s 50. In 2012 Kobayashi broke the record held by the bear at the Texas state fair with 60 in 2min 35sec.