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TIL the Netherlands has a Quick-Response Team of firefighters, outfitted with military-style tactical gear

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QNavp TIL that 2.5% of people are affected by prosopagnosia, or face-blindness. Symptoms include an inability to recognize people you know, and finding a vague familiarity in strangers who bear some resemblance to loved ones. Causes range from genetic to acquired, which sometimes spontaneously resolves.
rRpKo TIL, in an effort to set the world record for the longest drift, BMW used one M5 to refuel another M5 (5 times) by drifting alongside it
mxZ8x TIL that Jeff Gordon was so dominant in the late 90s that he was told by NASCAR not to pull out more than four seconds in front of second place to keep the race entertaining.
7Ka7 TIL that Humpty Dumpty was never explicitly described as an egg. That was added later by illustrators in the book.
aOo TIL Colonel Sanders was not seen wearing anything other than his white suit for the later part of his life.