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TIL NASCAR is Rooted in Prohibition Bootlegging

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AD9Ya TIL that Charles Ponzi, the creator of the Ponzi scheme, received Christmas cards from some of his investors and requests to invest money while he was in prison
nelgW TIL a Chinese method of popcorn-making involves heating kernels in a large cast-iron canister that is then sealed with a heavy lid and turned over a fire rotisserie-style. When the canister is removed from the fire, the seal is released and, with a huge sonic boom, all the kernels explode at once.
ynJp TIL: Male genital mutilation in Africa causes an unknown number of yearly deaths along with numerous penile amputations. “Countless numbers of participants are left with permanent scarring or deformity…penises have become so infected and gangrenous they literally drop off.”
6ovw TIL Dutch cyclist Maarten de Jonge has cheated death twice after changing both MH17 and MH370 flights.
Z8GPv TIL that the moon rises at different times depending on what phase it's in