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TIL that the rocket car hoping to go 1000mph(1600km/h) uses a Formula 1 engine…as a fuel pump.

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Jjjm TIL there is a marathon that only 14 out of 1000+ runners have finished, there is no published race date or website, & entry requires an essay, a fee of $1.60 and a license plate from your state.
la1r TIL about J.R.R. Tolkien’s service as a Lieutenant in World War I. He fought in The Battle of the Somme, and it has been suggested that the horrors of trench warfare shaped his later depictions of Mordor in The Lord of the Rings.
5Ykr TIL that the ban on condoms in America due to anti-contraception laws (which lasted until 1972) led to high rates of STDs among US troops during WWI.
5kVQ TIL Braveheart has been described as one of the most historically inaccurate modern films. One historian took particular exception to the costumes and compared it to, “a film about Colonial America showing the colonial men wearing 20th century business suits, but with the jackets worn back-to-front”
R58E6 TIL that Peter Cushing gained worldwide fame for his roles as Baron von Frankenstein and Doctor Van Helsing in 11 Frankenstein and Dracula films prior to his famous role as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars in 1977. Cushing also depicted Dr. Who in Dr Who and the Daleks.