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TIL that forged carbon fiber composite was the product of a joint research development between both Callaway Golf and Lamborghini.

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yQb9a TIL that the weight of the floods resulting from hurricane Harvey caused the Earth’s crust to temporarily sink up to 1.8cm in some areas of Texas.
VkEQ TIL In the movie “Good Will Hunting”, The therapy scene caused Johnny (the cameraman) to laugh so hard that the camera’s POV can actually be seen moving up and down slightly as it shows Damon breaking character by also laughing so hard.
Y7Jwx TIL about an energy drink sold in the 1920s that was water with (flavorless) Radium, a highly radioactive element. Thousands like Eben Byer suffered “Radium Jaw” (gore warning)
lmON TIL in 1987, Mathias Rust, an 18 year old from West Germany with about 50 hours flying experience, illegally flew his light aircraft through Soviet airspace, bypassing their air defense systems, and landed near Red Square in Moscow.
KJY9 TIL that German journalists have a word, “widow shaking” for the practice of aggressively getting sob story material from relatives of disaster or crime victims.