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TIL that the subcontinent of India once moved over the surface of the Earth twice as fast as any other landmass

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DQOyD TIL that Mercedes Benz, as in the cars Hitler waved out of during his big parades and the silver Grand Prix racers backed by Nazi Germany, took their name from Mercedes Jellinek, the Jewish Austrian daughter of their pre war importer to France.
p8mr8 TIL The lead singer of The Offspring (Dexter Holland) suspended his candidate-ship for a PhD in Microbiology to focus on his band. In 2013 he published a paper identifying microRNA-like sequences in HIV. He received his PhD in 2017.
nWlP9 TIL about Victor “Al” Pease, who remains the only driver in Formula 1 history to have been disqualified from a race for driving too slow.
LgZ9 TIL that Studio Six, the phony Hollywood production office used in the movie Argo (and during the real-life rescue), was so convincing that after the rescue was complete and the office had folded, it received 26 scripts, including one from Steven Spielberg
dDWAK TIL Turkmenistan banned non-white cars