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TIL, in 1946 NACA (now known as NASA) subjected a human test subject to winds of up to 457mph in the name of science.

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4XQD6 TIL that Hans Zimmer for the film Interstellar composed some of the score in specific BPM (Beats per minute) to match the time of each planet they were on.
7rMMr TIL Sir Mix-Alot has made 100 Million or more off of Baby Got Back.
ADyJx TIL that when King Leopold II of Belgium personally acquired the "Congo Free State" in 1885, it was 76 times the size of Belgium. He claimed the land at the 1884-1885 Berlin conference promising to improve the lives of the locals but ended up enslaving them to gather ivory and natural rubber.
v14pK TIL The Vietnam government executes corporate executives convicted of financial crimes or corporate malfeasance.
oRvvW TIL about Opa-locka, a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that has the largest collection of Moorish Revival architecture in the Western Hemisphere, and street names such as Sharazad Boulevard, Sinbad Avenue, and Sultan Avenue.