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TIL Koenigsegg uses only one car for crash testing. They keep the carbon fibre body and rebuild and repair it after each crash test.

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yVK7e TIL there is a variant of Pool with bumpers like in pinball & 2 holes instead of 6
5ZgB TIL On Aug 21, 2017 there will be a complete solar eclipse that will travel the length of the US continent, from Oregon to South Carolina, in 90 minutes. This route is referred to as the Path of Totality and for 2 min and 41 seconds it will seem like night in the middle of the day.
nERb TIL The Asylum, creators of “mockbusters” such as Sharknado, Titanic II, and Transmorphers, has never lost money on a film
E1YdP TIL about Blue Babe, a 36,000 year old mummified steppe bison found in Alaska in 1979. After scientists painstakingly dug up the specimen and prepared it for display in the University of Alaska Museum, they decided to celebrate by taking a piece of meat from its neck, stewing it, and eating it.
OGEoY TIL that in Japanese folklore, tanuki (raccoon dogs) are magical tricksters with the power to shape-shift their massive, malleable testicles, which they can transform into objects like umbrellas, fishing nets, drums, or even shops!