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TIL F1 cars go so fast with so much downforce, at pace they could drive upside down indefinitely.

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wL1K7 TIL about Mary the Jewess, one of the first alchemical writers, living between the first and third centuries AD. She is credited with the invention of several kinds of chemical apparatus and is considered to be the first true alchemist of the Western world.
oOWK TIL You only need the first 39 digits of pi to accurately calculate the spherical volume of the universe
PoYE TIL “The Great Smog” of London, UK was a severe air pollution event that lasted 5 days and killed an estimated 12,000 people in December of 1952.
jo8Q TIL that not only is assisted suicide legal in Switzerland, the law does not require a physician to be involved and the recipient doesn’t have to be a Swiss national
rNk4W TIL about the pop-star Aaliyah who died in a plane crash in 2001. Aaliyah refused to get on the plane, as she was worried about how safe it was, so one of her entourage slipped her a sedative and carried her onboard unconscious.