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TIL of Folkracing, a form of rallycross racing originating in Finland. There is cost cap on the cars of €1,500, to make sure nobody gets an unfair advantage by spending more on their car, anyone can buy the car for €1,500. If the owner refuses to sell their competition license can be revoked.

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j6M8p TIL that archaeologists think that they’ve found the remains of Pliny the Elder, the author of the largest surviving Roman text, the encyclopedia called Naturalis Historia, who died trying to rescue people at Pompeii
6EAXX TIL that archers would poop in their designated place in the battlefield and then stick the arrows in the poop to spread infection through not fatal wounds
ADZB TIL the Pyrenean ibex is the only species ever to become ‘un-extinct’ after being cloned in 2009 – although the clone lived only 7 minutes.
1y7X TIL that the Heimlich Maneuver’s inventor is accused of medical fraud and unethical practices–including the invention of the maneuver itself.
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