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TIL that bumper car smell is actually ozone that is produced by the electrical discharges.

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78gJM TIL That FDR proposed the ‘Four Policemen’ where the US, UK, Soviet Union and China would each would control and oversee their sphere of influence. Countries other than those four were to be disarmed. Only the Four Policemen would be allowed to possess any weapons more powerful than a rifle
9YQMQ TIL that, in Greek mythology, Talos was a giant bronze robot, with an average speed of 155 miles/hour, protecting Crete by throwing huge boulders to pirates. Its 'boiling hot' breath could easily burn all hostiles.
6rol TIL Joe Pesci’s “Am I a clown? Do I amuse you?” scene in Goodfellas was based on an anecdote from his life. Martin Scorsese liked the story so much, he had Pesci use it in the movie. Only Pesci and Ray Liotta knew that the scene would be improvised.
nWr49 TIL The Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded their album Blood Sugar Sex Magik in the mansion Harry Houdini allegedly once lived in, as the band wanted to record in an unusual setting to enhance their creative output. Drummer Chad Smith was convinced the house was haunted and refused to stay in the house.
gEML TIL that when author George R. R. Martin was a kid, he wrote stories about a mythical kingdom populated by his pet turtles; the turtles died frequently in their toy castle, so he finally decided they were killing each other off in “sinister plots”.