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TIL a 2009 Chevy Malibu would absolutely destroy a classic muscle car during a car crash

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ZrPp TIL that there is a bell in Oxford University library that hasn’t stopped ringing for 175 years. Researchers are afraid that opening the bell would ruin an experiment to see how long it will last.
m1J7P TIL that the controversy over the infamous 1927 Long Count Fight between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey between partially stemmed from the fact that a 1912 law had banned the transportation of boxing movies across state lines, meaning few people could see the footage of it.
9V6Q TIL MLB pitcher Tug McGraw was asked if he preferred to play on grass or Astroturf and he responded by saying “I dunno, I never smoked any Astroturf”
1a0Z4 TIL coquina (a stone made from cockle shells) was used for forts in the era of heavy cannons because cannonballs sank into the walls instead of shattering or puncturing them
0dyXM TIL polyester underpants can cause temporal infertillity in men and is an effective contraceptive