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TIL that Samuel Beckett used to drive Andre the Giant to school when they lived in the same French village.

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J1Lwm TIL whale oil was used in transmissions until its ban in 1972, when less than 1 million transmissions failed each year; without whale oil, yearly transmission failures became more than 8 million by 1975. This led to thousands of transmission shops opening across the USA in the late 1970s and ’80s
JYAXQ TIL that the oysters in Chesapeake Bay used to be able to filter the entire volume of water in 3 days. This process now takes nearly a year.
AXbx TIL: During WWII, a young actress decided to boost morale by attempting to kiss 10,000 young soldiers, she puckered up to 733 the first day!
7rrpL TIL about the Nissan S Cargo. (Yes, it looks like a snail)
naEW TIL That Russia is about the same size as Pluto