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[TIL] Michael Jackson was so absorbed in writing “Billie Jean” on a ride home from the studio one day that he didn’t even notice his car was on fire. A passing motorcyclist alerted him.

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1aPl7 TIL that bullet proof vests made of a material called Zylon, and purchased by various federalstate and local agencies, were found to have a failure rate of 58%.
4kebR TIL 18 aircraft from the US Army Air Forces' 100th Bombardment Group were sent on an Allied bombing raid on Münster, Germany in 1943. 5 were forced to turn back before reaching Münster & of the 13 that carried on, only 1 plane returned to base. The group became known as the "Bloody Hundredth."
woRP TIL when Sequoyah invented the Cherokee syllabary (making reading and writing in Cherokee possible) it became the only time in recorded history that a member of a non-literate people independently created an effective writing system.
y1Pa TIL while developing the 1994 hit game “Donkey Kong Country,” programmers found that real-life gorillas moved too slow for a fast-paced game. Instead, Donkey Kong’s movements were based off a horse’s gallop.
yVVba TIL: Pollen isn’t always yellow, it has a vast array of colours.