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TIL that after being told a jet powered car can run on anything that burns, the President of Mexico rode it running on tequila.

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KOeZJ TIL that although red, yellow and green LED lights have been widely available since the 1960s, blue and white LEDs did not exist until the 1990s. The people who invented the blue LED won the Nobel prize for it in 2014, as it finally allowed for them to display the full color spectrum with LEDs.
0dP9L TIL about Delphia Welford, who died at age 117 in 1992 and who remains the validated African-American longevity recordholder up to this very day.
worrP TIL about Shackleton’s job posting – Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey
N7JQJ TIL Eric Clapton had a Cameo on the Corey Hart album "First Offense" playing on the "Sunglasses at Night" track.
VB7jD TIL the principality of Monaco used to be much bigger but in 1848 its two largest cities (Menton and Roquebrune) seceded from Monaco as they wished to join Italy during the first war of Italian independence during the Risorgimento