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TIL the famous car chase scene in "The French Connection" was shot illegally. legendary stunt driver Bill Hickman drove for 22 blocks at 95 mph through Queens with no permits coordination or planning

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EgbWo TIL that having sisters makes men more likely to be conservative.
dQk8 TIL Tim Horton died at the age of 44 while attempting to drive from Toronto to Buffalo at 4AM with twice the legal Blood Alcohol Level, multiple drugs in his system, no seat-belt, and the police chasing him.
KY8NR TIL The earliest defibrillation was done on a chicken in 1775
W7Qp9 TIL that many iconic artefacts previously discovered at Titanic's wreck site, such as the ship's crow's nest, mast, promenade deck and Captain Smith's bathtub, have already disintegrated or disappeared entirely; documentary film-making and dive tourism have been blamed as expediting the decay.
bLbE TIL Namco copyrighted the right to have mini games during a video games loading screen. This patent expires this year (2015)