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TIL the Chocolate River in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was actually made of chocolate cream, and eventually turned rancid

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4wL6 TIL the top speed of the Bugatti Veyron is limited not by the engine, but rather its tires exploding.
xVWEB TIL of Jean de Selys Longchamps, a Belgian aristocrat who flew with the RAF during World War II. After learning that his father had been murdered by the Nazis, he flew to Brussels and machine gunned the Gestapo headquarters. He was demoted for insubordination but also awarded a medal for heroism
5YNR9 TIL there's a scale to rate how understandable written communication is, called the Flesch readability score. Corporate jargon ranks low on this scale.
ePK6 TIL that is 2009 two men randomly decided to attack two men dressed in drag. It turned out the two drag queens were cage fighters in fancy dress.
X0wJ8 TIL about the liking gap, which is that people you meet like you more than you think. Psychologists found that "people systematically underestimated how much their conversation partners liked them and enjoyed their company."