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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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b6BQ9 TIL before Fred Rogers passed away on the morning of February 27, 2003. His wife was present to comfort him as he was dying. His last words was "Do you think I'm a sheep?" (referring to Matthew 25). After passing away, Joanne reassured him by saying "Fred, if ever there was a sheep, you're one."
jNpOM TIL A North Korean submarine got stuck in a fishing net
Z8WQp TIL how the Mafia once controlled many gay bars in New York and Chicago, and its influence extended well into the 1980s.
gMDa8 TIL before becoming Coldplay's manager and a member of the group, Phil Harvey was studying classics at the University of Oxford.
691JX TIL that the early Hardy Boys books were so dark and cynical in tone, that they received an official rebuke from the publisher.