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TIL game designer Will Wright (creator of The Sims) held the record for the illegal 'Cannonball Run' race to drive across the US in 1980, driving from New York to California in 33 hours 9 minutes

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6jAm TIL: in march 1989 an asteroid passed through the exact position where Earth was only six hours earlier.
GAWR5 TIL Canada shares a border with Denmark as of 2022 following the resolution of the “Whiskey Wars”
xVy7B TIL The Censored Eleven are eleven Looney Tunes and Merrie Nelodies cartoons banned since 1968 because the use of ethnic stereotypes were deemed too offensive and no amount of editing could ever make them acceptable. Warner Bros. announced an uncensored release in 2010 but it was never released.
B50e TIL in countries with higher piracy rates like Russia and India, Microsoft prices Office products much cheaper
pojA TIL In the original script of the Matrix film, Switch changed genders upon entering the Matrix, which coined their name, Switch. This may be a reflection of Lana Wachowski’s struggles with her gender identity, which were unknown to the public at the time.