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TIL NASCAR is Rooted in Prohibition Bootlegging

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V9rp TIL Spain has a land border with Morocco, as it stills has sovereignty over two small coastal cities in North Africa, Melilla and Ceuta.
VMEdp TIL: the mythical location of Atlantis was invented by Plato. Despite only being briefly mentioned in two of his dialogues, it’s had a lasting impact on literature and culture.
R78mw TIL that 'Orangey', the cat from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', often scratched and bit actors on set, and some productions and sets would have to be shut down because he would run away. This led him to be nicknamed 'the world's meanest cat' by one studio executive.
WkGPd TIL that chicken tenders are the tenderloin of the chicken.
kOrkm TIL almost an entire French town in 1951 was poisoned by ergot, the fungus LSD is made from. ”I am dead and my head is made of copper and I have snakes in my stomach and they are burning me,” screamed one man before trying to jump into a river