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TIL that there are two known instances of beaches being stolen

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v1lV4 Today I learned that in 1953 Ferrari supplied F1 engines to a hydroplane boat that set a record that still stands today.
7rDVZ TIL over the past 104 years, the Syracuse men's lacrosse team have only had (4) head coaches.
nJ4G TIL that there were only two black combat pilots in the First World War. Eugene Bullard was an African-American who served with the French Air Force and Ahmet Ali Çelikten, an Arab-African who flew with the Ottoman Air Force… placing them both on opposite sides of the conflict.
N8OJ TIL Transmutation (turning one substance into another by chemical reaction, like in alchemy) is real. You can turn lead into gold with enough nuclear chemistry. But it would be a very tiny amount of gold and spent more money to make it than what it’s worth.
XW5Q TIL Senator Patrick Leahy is a huge fan of the Batman comics, and has appeared in all but one Batman movie since ‘Batman Forever’, as well as an episode of 'Batman: The Animated Series’.