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TIL that the 428 Cobra Jet, one of Ford's most legendary high performance engines, was created by accident. It all started with a careless mechanic, a blown engine, and a resourceful shop owner. The resulting mishmash of components created such a beast that Ford itself decided to build it.

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V7p0 TIL Edward Norton’s first film role ever earned him an Oscar nomination. He is also a Yale graduate that never went to an acting school.
168xW TIL criminal conversation is an old civil wrong for suing a person who had sexual intercourse with your spouse. Although abolished across the British Isles and 30+ U.S. states, it is still active in a few like North Carolina.
OGn14 TIL Ozzy Osbourne gave up taking acid during the recording of Black Sabbath's Volume 4. He said “I took 10 tabs of acid then went for a walk in a field. I ended up standing there talking to this horse for about an hour. In the end the horse turned round and told me to fuck off. That was it for me.”
pY6xQ TIL that a bullet fee is a charge assessed to the family of executed prisoners. They literally would charge for the bullet used. Bullet fees have been levied in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, as well as in the People's Republic of China, and Nazi Germany.
Yd7B TIL that when the second London Bridge was marked for demolition in 1967, the State of Arizona bought the structure from Britain, then had it disassembled, shipped across the Atlantic and the continental United States, and reassembled to its exact specifications. It is still in use today.