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TIL Courage the Cowardly Dog was nominated for an Oscar

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v1Box TIL Humans hear anywhere from 20 to 100 times faster than they see so that everything that they perceive with their ears is coloring every other perception they have, and every conscious thought they have. Sound gets in so fast that it modifies all the other input and sets the stage for it.
QJMmX There's actually a reason, we promise.
4Bvw TIL Fritz Joubert Duquesne lost his family and farm in the Anglo-Boer War, became a German Spy and Traveled the world under different identities till finally he had his revenge on the British Field Marshal that gave the order.
dD4Kj TIL the Cities of Tampa and Miami have a rivalry over where the Cuban Sandwich was first invented and that Tampa passed a resolution in 2012 naming it the official sandwich of the city.
rRgDo TIL The 1964 on-track death of a NASCAR alum named Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, of a crash resulting in fire explosion burns, directly led to Simpson creating the fire protection suit, saving the lives of many future drivers.