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TIL of the Cannonball Run Challenge, an "unsanctioned" speed race from New York City to Los Angeles. Participants regularly average over 100 mph (160 km/h) during the race and the current record time is 26.5 hours, set in April 2020.

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NXbm6 TIL it is virtually impossible to die from sinking to the bottom and suffocating if you get trapped in quicksand
9Y0GX TIL of the Trans Europe Foot Race where in the 2012 event competitors raced from Italy to Norway. German Peter Partel won with a time of 14 days and 18 hours to complete the 4175 km (2594 mile) course, averaging 283 km (176 miles) per day
OoK9e TIL about Virophages, small virus-like particles that hijack the reproductive process of larger viruses for their own reproduction, and in the process sometimes deactivate the larger virus and help fight infections
wolOE TIL that Ben Affleck's first directorial effort was a 1993 short film titled "I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney"
ROOa TIL despite actually being a boxing slang, there is a widespread notion that the phrase ‘Saved by the bell’ originated as an expression that relates to people being buried alive having a bell that was attached to the coffin, thus ringing it and be saved.