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Bgrak TIL that Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, home of the Grand National, has a motor racing circuit inside it which has hosted the F1 British Grand Prix five times
W7yL8 TIL that singer Engelbert Humperdinck's real name is Arnold Dorsey. He took his stage name from a dead German composer to be more marketable.
GWrj TIL That Reinhold Messner climbed Mount Everest, without oxygen. Climbed Nanga Parbat 3 times, the first time he lost his brother and 7 toes in the process. Then climbed it again to become the first person to solo climb it. And climbed it again to retrieve his brother remains.
x6y8b TIL January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other. A new communications protocol was established called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP).
Wk1bX TIL: Despite Overwhelming Evidence Against Him, John Wayne Gacy was never "Caught." Instead he folded under constant police surveillance which caused his mental state to deteriorate and cleared to air to his lawyer, who informed the police that he had killed thirty people