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TIL Idris Elba broke an 88-year-old land speed record in a Bentley

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GYmyN TIL that descendants of the artist Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) include the current monarchs of Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands.
oBKOA TIL: Vasa Syndrome, a term for problems in communication and management that can cause projects to fail, is named after the Vasa, one of the largest and most spectacular warships ever built, which sank in 1628 on its maiden voyage because it was too unstable to withstand a gust of wind.
EgYr0 TIL The 1st woman to win a Nobel prize in Medicine was Czech born Gerty Cori. Without much formal education, she took 8 years of Latin, 5 years of chemistry and 5 years of math IN ONE YEAR. She is the 1st woman without the last name Curie to win a Nobel Prize.
9wr4X TIL Adidas is pronounced very differently in Europe and the UK compared to what I've heard in the USA!
KjZR TIL That the U.S. prison population is about 25 percent of the world’s prisoners even though the country itself holds only 5 percent of the world’s population.