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TIL in 1908, the first "around the world" auto race began when six cars left New York and travelled 169 days across three continents through mud, blizzards, and nonexistent roads. The American Thomas Flyer won the race after the German team was eliminated from first place due to penalties.

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m1XGp TIL Industrial Biotest Labs (IBT) conducted almost 1/3rd of all safety testing for chemicals and drugs in the US from the 1950s to 70s. It was later was discovered that IBT had been falsifying data amd mislead federal authorities on the safety of many commercial products for approval.
J7Kj TIL that 35mm porn films from the 70’s are being remastered in HD and released on blu ray.
bPaE TIL that when faced with discrimination, Alexandre Dumas, writer of the Three Musketeers and a mulatto, would write: “My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends.”
aax0 TIL that sand is a non-renewable resource, and that its world supplies are beginning to dwindle as billions of tons are used in construction each year.
pYAXe TIL that the first man-made object that was send to space (above the Karman line) was German.