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TIL-A pivotal point in Chris Gardner's life (The Pursuit of Happyness) occurred when he saw a stockbroker in a red Ferrari. After becoming a successful businessman, he would later buy a black Ferrari from Michael Jordan with the license place-NOT MJ.

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X07MX TIL a startup called "Novamin" marketed a bioglass for toothpaste that can repair damaged enamel; GlaxoSmithKline bought the company in 2010, pulled it from every US toothpaste brand, and now sells it exclusively overseas as Sensodyne Repair and Protect which in the US instead includes fluoride.
wYy8 TIL NASA seriously thinks it can build a warp drive soon, now that the physicists have worked out the math. Here’s hoping.
ZpJwR TIL at the 1977 South African F1 Grand Prix, driver Tom Pryce struck a 19 year old race marshal at 170mph who had crossed the track without permission to deal with a broken down car. The fire extinguisher carried by the marshal struck Pryce in the head, also killing him instantly.
Rdr7 TIL The first marketing pun was found in ancient Pompeii , found in a wine jar “bearing what is apparently the world’s earliest known marketing pun,Vesuvinum (combining Vesuvius and the Latin for wine, vinum).
Yp8nZ TIL about British Double Summer Time. During WW2, after moving an hour forward for DST in 1940, they didn’t roll back in fall. They moved forward again in spring of ‘41, resulting in being 2 hours ahead. It helped people finish their day and get home with some extra light during enforced blackouts.