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W714Y TIL that the CEO of McLaren F1 racing, Zak Brown, appeared on wheel of fortune as a teenager, won $3,050 and spent the winnings to fund his racing career
D84D TIL Geddy Lee, the bassist for Rush, does not use amps while on stage and instead fills the empty space behind him with unique items such as Maytag dryers filled with Rush t-shirts or rotisserie ovens complete with a chef.
5Yjv9 TIL of US Army Major General Peter Conover Hains, the only Civil War officer to see duty in World War I
oRV7A TIL the Dome of Rock in Jerusalem, significant in Abrahamic religions, was once the head quarters for the Knights Templars
GAAlg TIL about the Lady Juliana (1777 ship), a ship chartered to transport a load of all-female prisoners to Australia, which quickly developed a reputation as a floating brothel: "when we were fairly out to sea, every man on board took a wife from among the convicts, they nothing loath."