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TIL Australia had chariot races in the 1930s but instead of horses, they used motorcycles

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E1OYV TIL during WWII US Navy seamen would drain the fuel from torpedos (180-proof grain alcohol) then filter it though bread to make a cocktail called torpedo juice.
dEWj TIL that during the construction of Coors Field (a baseball stadium in Denver, home of the Colorado Rockies) a number of dinosaur fossils were found, most notably a 7-foot triceratops skull. This is why their mascot “Dinger” is a triceratops.
NX5eJ TIL that during the 1936 summer Olympics in Berlin there was a gliding competition as a demonstration sport
y1aa TIL that the blobfish is actually a normal looking fish, it just decompresses when you take it out of extreme depths.
rNey1 TIL 104 elevators operate in the Willis Tower, which require 80 miles of elevator cable. This includes 16 double-decker elevators. Some of the elevators are among the fastest in the world, capable of speeds up to 1,600 feet per minute (18 mph).