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TIL that the current “land speed record” - the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land - is 763 mph. It was achieved in 1997 by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green and has not been beaten since.

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wkP6 TIL The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that recycling one ton of plastic conserves approximately 3.8 barrels of crude oil.
0wB6p TIL About James Hogue, an American conman who posed as a self-taught orphan and was admitted into Princeton University, where he participated in the track and eating clubs. His con was exposed, after a former classmate at Palo Alto High School recognized him, where he had previously posed as a teen.
EOoV TIL Kim Jong-il was granted 54 titles, including ‘Glorious General, Who Descended From Heaven’, 'Highest Incarnation of the Revolutionary Comradely Love’ and 'Amazing politician’.
YJer TIL The U.S. Government Spent $12 Billion Building The Worlds Largest Supercollider In Texas. And Then Never Opened It.
wo5EW TIL in 1800 vice president Thomas Jefferson received a report of a large, brightly glowing light which was witnessed hovering in the Louisiana sky. Later, he presented the report to the American Philosophical Society and wrote about the event in his diary.