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TIL - of Jann Mardenbourough - He had only ever played Sony Gran Turismo online. In a Gran Turismo competition he beat out 90,000 contestants to win and, was so good Nissan gave him a job as a real race car driver

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LPZ9 TIL at the age of 14 Andrew Jackson was captured by the British. An officer order Jackson to clean his boots, Jackson refused. The office hit him in the face with his sword leaving a life long scar on his cheek.
WkYPN TIL “Chad” is among the few Anglo-Saxon names to remain in common use.
nWJG TIL America has a ‘green street’ which is paved with 'smog-eating cement’
Jvj4 TIL Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon is a recovering alchoholic, was penniless, and has been married multiple times.
p8dkb TIL of Igbo Ora, a town in Nigeria known as the “twins capital of the world”. It’s in the south west part of Nigeria which has a documented 50 sets of twins born out of every 1,000 births. Locals say it is due to an okra leaf they eat. One woman says it’s responsible for her having 8 pairs of twins.