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TIL that journalists in the UK learn a form of shorthand known as Teeline. It allows people to take notes at over 150 WPM

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QZbe TIL that in 1848 light-skinned slave Ellen Craft, unable to travel with him as a woman, escaped with her dark-skinned husband by pretending to be both a white man and her husband’s owner. They traveled openly, first class, a thousand miles north from Georgia to freedom.
wLGG6 TIL that Ford almost bought Ferrari in the early 60's, but Enzo Ferrari killed the deal when he learned he wouldn't oversee the racing division anymore. Henry Ford II was so pissed that he directed his engineers to build a car that would beat Ferrari at Le Mans, which it did from 1966–1969.
460o TIL in 1999 Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow light down to 37 miles an hour, and was later able to stop light completely.
OoK5a TIL the bodies of at least 44 deceased climbers remain on Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) in Alaska.
p8o7O TIL 20,000 pounds of cheddar was stolen from a Wisconsin semitrailer in 2016. The perpetrators are suspected to be part of a crime "ring," and as of 2017, have yet to be caught.