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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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YemA TIL 13% of the world’s adults – 630 million people – say they would like to leave their country and move somewhere else permanently.
7aVL TIL that at approximately 4:10 into Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama”, Ronnie Van Zant can be heard saying “Not my fucking donuts, god damn…”
5Yx7r TIL Pocahontas (c. 1595-1617) was born Matoaka. The name "Pocahontas" (meaning "the naughty one" or "spoiled child"), a childhood nickname. In her last days, she went by Rebecca Rolfe. The marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas was the first recorded interracial marriage in American history.
Oxla TIL that most bamboo species flower only once every several decades, but when they do, all of the bamboo from the same group flower at the same time, regardless of where they are planted.
WkZed TIL that the Gurkha Contingent is the last remaining unit in Singapore to employ original British drill commands.