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TIL It is mandatory for every team to bolt a rectangular plank of wood to the bottom of their Formula 1 car during races.

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VwXG TIL hundreds of thousands of books for sale on Amazon are created by content generating computer algorithms
eLon TIL that Penguins are too light to set off landmines, which has resulted in penguins flourishing in the Falkland Islands due to the landmines left behind by the Argentinian military and whalers being unable to get at them.
X9pr TIL that when Peter the Great had problems with his urinary tract and bladder in 1723, doctors would later preform a surgery in 1724 which released over 4 pounds of blocked urine from his body.
w016 TIL there are Porn Inspectors in China, whose job is to solely watch porn to verify that it is illegal material
e00lb TIL Prince was to be in a Simpsons episode -when he sent his notes on the script, they didn’t match to what was written: Prince’s friend had written him new script instead. The episode was canned because Prince refused the original writers script; it was too similar to Michael Jackson’s episode.