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TIL in 1976, 2 NASCAR Cars raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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16VkW TIL None of the native species of bee in Australia are true honey bees. Social species of native bees do produce honey, but not much, as they are relatively primitive bee species. And the bees that do produce honey store it in small resinous pots which look like bunches of grapes
eBAE TIL The snow used for the maze in the climactic scene of ‘The Shining’ was made from 900 tons of salt and Styrofoam. The snow was also used for the Hoth scenes in 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back’, which was filmed in the same studio later that year.
MeXPV TIL A 20 year old woman on Tinder successfully scammed many men with her profile that said “Send me $5, see what happens.”
JYZYB TIL there is a Post Office at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
616J TIL in order to capture the Generation X demographic, Coca Cola created an off-beat, existentialist soda in the mid 1990s. They named it “OK” because that was the only word more universally recognizable than “Coke.”