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TIL that there used to be a six-wheeled Formula 1 car.

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k6v7 TIL that bubble algae, which can grow up to nearly 2 inches in diameter, is one single cell. It’s one of the largest single-celled organisms.
epm1D TIL Galileo Galilei dismissed the notion that the moon influences the tides as “childish” and “occult.” Instead he argued that tides are a kind of sloshing due to the motion of the earth.
W7Dbo TIL that actor Chaz Palminteri was fired from his job as a bouncer at a nightclub when he refused entry to a top talent agent who was having a party thrown for him there. This led to him writing the play A Bronx Tale, based on his own life, for himself to star in as he was not being offered work.
4X5Mb TIL that, tired of teaspoons being stolen from the breakroom, a medical institute conducted a study on the rate of disappearance of the spoons. They concluded that "an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a practical institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons"
4vBo TIL in 1968 Kim Il Sung sent 31 commandos to South Korea to try and assassinate the president. After they infiltrated the border they stumbled on two brothers chopping firewood. They decided to indoctrinate them about the benefits of communism and release them. The brothers notified the police