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TIL about 24 Hours of Lemons, an endurance race consisting entirely of beat-up lemon cars

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ADJ8g TIL water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature.
grR18 TIL there’s a submerged island in the Mediterranean that has only surfaced 4 or 5 times since the Punic Wars. During its last resurfacing in 1831, the island became subject to territorial dispute by European powers until it submerged again the following year.
6ABX TIL: A strongman named John Holtum demonstrated his strength by putting a full cannon on stage and catching the 50-lb cannonballs it fired directly at his chest. The first time he tried, he lost two fingers, but wasn’t injured after that.
nWErG TIL that when Miss Saigon premiered, the wedding song was all nonsense syllables, which were not replaced with real Vietnamese lyrics until twenty five years later
b67A0 TIL that one of the few positive health effects of smoking is a drastic reduction of a person's risk of thyroid cancer. According to a Korean study of the health records of over 10M people, smokers have a 36% lower risk of thyroid cancer. Smoking and heavy drinking reduces one's risk even more.