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TIL The Mercedes Benz CLR's Flawed Design and Poorly Executed Aerodynamics Led to an Astonishing Incident During the 1999 Le Mans Race which led to the car literally taking off during the race.

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WWy4 TIL that the word lunatic comes from people thinking that the moon could cause madness.
m8lp TIL that the worlds first smartphone was released in 1994 by IBM, and cost $899, and had only one 3rd party app
9wNmQ TIL that an intern at Microsoft made the popular game solitaire back in 1988. There were few computer games available at the time. Bill Gates approved Solitary, therefore it became a part of the Windows operating system.
JWQm TIL a live album from the band Dream Theater was released on 9/11/2001, which had the skyline of NYC (with the World Trade Center) in flames on its album art. The album was recalled and re-released a short time later, but the incident remains one of the most bizarre coincidences in music.
Vom8 TIL that an isolated cave in a Romanian rubbish dump led to the discovery of the first non-photosynthetic ecosystem