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TIL Hackers worked out how to open BMW car doors via SMS by reverse engineering their assist technology.

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4X4VJ TIL in 1994, Indian’s relief pitcher Jason Grimsley once crawled through the Comerica Park air duct with a flashlight in his mouth to get into the umpire’s room so he could switch out Albert Belle’s confiscated bat because he knew it was corked.
VMKj0 TIL Caitlyn Jenner was a race car driver.
P19bO TIL that farts travel at 10 ft/s (or 6.8 mph/3 km per hour), and a scientist who studies farts is called a flatologist
N9dN TIL that in Ancient Greece, they used pottery shards to wipe their ass after a dump. Sometimes these pottery fragments would be inscribed with the name of an enemy before being used.
yVbdM TIL there's a traditional Filipino dish that is technically illegal to prepare.