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TIL the record for fastest NYC - LA "Cannonball Run" drive was done in a 2016 Audi S6 modified to mimic a Ford Taurus and add a 45-gallon trunk-mounted fuel cell. The drive was done by Arne Toman and Doug Tabbutt in 25 hrs, 39 min. with average speed of 112 mph and top speed of 175.

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voj8 TIL: A 25-year-old lived for more than a year without a heart
vYG7 TIL that a compound called ClF3 oxidizes so well that it will spontaneously ignite upon contact with nearly all matter including ash, metal, glass, sand, and teflon. It reacts explosively with water, forming HF and HCl, and does not need oxygen to burn.
Y7LOB TIL that in the last 10 years, Florida has had more shark attacks than the rest of the states combined (242), yet no fatalities.
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nPkb TIL that during WWII, the British, learned of a German radio navigation system codenamed ‘Wotan’. Wotan, or Odin, was a one-eyed Norse god, whence they deduced that the system used one beam, and were able to develop countermeasures before the system was even deployed.