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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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1aBN4 TIL In 1969, Samuel L Jackson was expelled from Morehouse for holding the board of trustees hostage, including MLK Sr., demanding reform in the school's curriculum and governance. His mother, afraid of him becoming a person of interest for the FBI, sent him to LA where he began acting.
ZwY4 TIL that the word bonfire means ‘bonefire’. Old bones were used as fuel into the 19th century.
DRjp TIL in Kitsap County, Washington a man was picked up for a DUI while his dog, was in his car. When he got out of lockup 60 days later his dog was already adopted. He stole her back, and was arrested for dognapping his own dog, but got off proving his rights of private property had been violated.
4X6kw TIL of the "Secret Museum" of erotic Pompeian artwork. Since these objects were considered pornographic in the nineteenth century, they were never fully and permanently revealed to the public until 2000.
QJo4E TIL that MSG is not bad and is perfectly safe for you (unless you are mega dozing on it). In fact glutamate is found almost in everything from vegetables to dairy products and is also produced and used by every living being in the biosynthesis of proteins.