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TIL Keke Rosberg won the Formula One World Championship in 1982 despite winning only one race.

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wOOM TIL There are types of contact lenses worn only during sleep that reshape your cornea. After taking them out in the morning, your vision is as good as it would be while normally wearing contacts or glasses. Studies also suggest the lenses slow or stop myopic progression in children.
R7Rk9 TIL Israel merged the front half of a damaged rare 2 seat F-15 with the back half of an obsolete retired single seat F15. When they asked Boeing for advice Boeing never responded thinking the Israeli air force was joking.
p4KN TIL: Mozart could pirate music at 14 by illegally transcribing it. He was so good at it, the Pope changed the law.
4XD9o TIL that until 1970 Memorial Day was observed on May 30, regardless of day of the week. Since 1971 the holiday has been anchored to the last Monday in May.
AMBx TIL • A fine-quality Persian rug, containing as many as 1 million knots in every 3 square feet, may last as long as 500 years before it wears out.