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TIL About the Aqaba to Med. Sea Ben Gurion Canal Project Being Considered, A Global Trade Game Changer. Years Long

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NXeG6 TIL The first nascar race on pavement was won by a margin of 9 laps, because Johnny Mantz elected to put more durable truck tires on his car instead of racing tires.
jNyKX TIL about the power of placebo. In a 2002 study spanning two years, people with osteoarthritis improved equally whether they were given knee surgery or tricked into thinking they received it.
r9D0 TIL You can’t file for Bankruptcy in Dubai. In turn, people abandon their exotic sports cars in the airport parking lot while fleeing. Ferrari, Porche, Land Rover, and Mercedes.
QNr8E TIL about Benjamin Hornigold, a pirate whose crew once attacked a ship solely to steal all their hats because the pirates had gotten drunk and thrown theirs overboard.
e0d6E TIL that John F. Kennedy's signature fragrance was saved by a Parisian aristocrat's butler when he hid the cologne inside books that were carefully cut by hand to prevent the Nazis from seizing the bottles during WWII.