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TIL in 2006 Honda become the sole supplier of engines in the IndyCar series, It was for the first time in Indianapolis 500 history, the race was run without a single engine problem.

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yQgaV TIL that the louder a male’s howler monkey’s roar, the smaller his reproductive organs. His testicles, to be specific—according to researchers at Cambridge University.
vP6W8 TIL Mariah Carey was secretly in an alt-rock/“riot grrrl” band called Chick, inspired by Hole and Sleater-Kinney, that she would record at the end of the day while making her Daydream record. She’s the background vocals.
KOo66 TIL that the enteric nervous system (nervous system around gastrointestinal system) can act as the body's second brain and can work independently of the brain and spinal cord.
wOJE TIL the reason for sightings of Bloody Mary, is because of something called the ‘Caputo effect’
kOxWg TIL WWII Submarine Captain John Philip Cromwell stoically went down with his stricken sub Sculpin rather than allow himself to be captured by the Japanese. Cpt Cromwell had knowledge of top secret highly sensitive Allied war plans that the enemy may have extracted from him through drugs or torture,