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TIL Disney's Space Mountain uses fans to blow air on you to create the illusion that you are going faster than you really are.

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MePAA TIL of the Gnostic Gospels. Discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945, these texts carry non-canonical stories of Jesus from the perspectives of Mary Magdalene, Judas, Thomas and others.
nenEY TIL that when Al Capone discovered that three of his men were conspiring against him, he invited them over for dinner. After a night of drinking, Capone beat the men with a baseball bat and then ordered his bodyguards to shoot them, a scene that was included in the 1987 film The Untouchables.
l7ol1 TIL the NCAA Final Four has been held in New Orleans 5 times. The only school to win more than once was North Carolina, who won in 1982 (James Worthy, Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins) and 1993 (Eric Montross)
a8rwZ TIL about the Supersonic Oblique Wing design
W07Y TIL that Samsung was originally founded as a 40-employee trading company in 1938. It dealt in groceries produced in and around the city and produced its own noodles.