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TIL Hodor from Game of Thrones is a DJ/Producer (X-post /r/Djs)

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rA5e TIL The aerodynamics (downforce) of an F1 car is so powerful it could drive on an inverted road (upside-down) if it was going only 170kmh or 105mph!
Y9xx TIL The Chinese government “encouraged” the country’s tallest female basketball player to marry the country’s tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
8eN8 TIL The US Marine Corps is currently working on Project Hot Eagle, a program that when finished, may be able to place squads of Marines anywhere on the planet in two hour’s notice, similar to that of the Halo series’ ODSTs.
vex7 TIL Pokemon Gold and Silver were developed by a small team of only 4 programmers, which is why it took 3 and a half years to make.
pY7Eb TIL about Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-held death row inmate. He was sentenced to death in 1968. In 2014 he was granted a retrial, but in 2018 the Tokyo High Court overturned the ruling, then the top court canceled the High Court's decision. The High Court will take a new decision on 13 March