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TIL that during WW1, French commander Joseph Joffre employed professional car racer Georges Boillot to drive him around the conflict zone at blazing speeds.

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GMZE TIL: The “tradition” of spending several months salary on an engagement ring was a marketing campaign created by De Beers in the 1930’s. Before WWII, only 10% of engagement rings contained diamonds. By the end of the 20th Century, 80% did.
p8J8Z TIL it is theoretically possible to send a paper plane from the ISS to earth, without the planes burning up on reentry. An experiment was scheduled, but unfortunately cancelled.
kO46g TIL Rolls-Royce only uses leather from bulls living in a climate too cold for mosquitos, because they want to avoid the upholstery having blemishes caused by pregnancies and mosquito bites.
LQYP TIL that the world’s most expensive house has a pvt theater, terrace gardens, parking for 168 cars, 3 heli-pads, snow room, is 27 storeys high, has a 600+ staff costs +$1bn & is located in Mumbai, India. All this for a family of 5.
lxw1 Today I learned that craniopagus conjoined twins Krista and Tatiana can see through each other’s eyes.