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TIL in 2005 Greenpeace protesters managed to infiltrate a Range Rover Sport assembly facility and temporarily delay its production.

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5VX98 TIL: In 1994 Karl Wendlinger crashed his formula 1 car in the Monaco Grand Prix and survived a crash that rated 360g’s
R5dQ1 TIL: There's a New Type of Glasses That Autofocus Automatically Based on What You're Looking At
BrlD TIL the first man made aircraft to land on another planet and send back data was the Soviet Venera 7 in 1970. After successfully landing on Venus, the craft sent back only 23 minutes of weak data, presumably because it landed on its side.
dkRd TIL Wuppertal Germany is home to the world’s oldest operating monorail system, established in 1901. It is still in daily use and has only suffered one fatal accident in over 110 years of service.
b9oAj TIL of Fatal Familial Insomnia, an inherited brain disease that eventually causes one to be incapable of sleep. It has no known cure. It involves progressively worsening insomnia, which leads to hallucinations, confusional states like that of dementia, and eventually, death.