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TIL The First-Gen Dodge Viper Actually Had Blinker Fluid
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TIL. Before electricity, theaters would use heated calcium oxide (commonly known as quicklime), to illuminate their stages. This is where the phrase "in the limelight" comes from.
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TIL that in seniors life expectancy can be predicted from their regular walking speed. The faster the speed the higher the survival rate.
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TIL over 70% of the restaurants on Kitchen Nightmares closed after the show.
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TIL that America's first war was to prevent African pirates from taking Americans and Europeans as slaves.
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TIL that sections of the shiny stainless steel exterior of the Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles had to be de-polished because in bright sun they were cooking neighboring buildings and blinding drivers.