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D187g TIL the "Formula" in F1 refers to the the set of rules and specifications that racing teams and drivers have to follow, especially when it comes to car construction
e8BL TIL the FBI recruited a mafia enforcer to help solve the slaying of three civil rights workers by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi in the 1960s. Gregory Scarpa kidnapped a klansman, put a gun in his mouth and forced him to reveal the spot where the three had been buried.
JY48Q TIL that Boris Pasternak (the author or Doctor Zhivago) was almost killed in the great purge, 20 years before he wrote his famous novel. He was only saved at the last moment when Stalin himself crossed his name off the list with the note "leave that fool alone".
pYnAZ TIL there's a full-scale replica of the Greek Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
57aB TIL that families with a kid who qualifies for the National School Lunch program can get a $150 computer and $10/month internet access