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TIL That two men in 1958 spent 9 weeks flying in a modified Cessna without landing while refueling from a truck driving below them. An endurance record that still stands today.

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MkBK TIL the term “Caucasian,” was first used in 1785 by a German Philosopher to designate what he deemed “attractive” races. All “unattractive races” were called “Mongolians.”
vyZr TIL when McDonald’s first introduced drive-throughs to China, the concept was so foreign that many people would pick up their food through the drive-thru, park their cars, and bring the food inside the restaurant to eat it.
oRvGY TIL - in 1995, Renault installed their 800+HP, V-10 Formula 1 engine into their Espace minivan, sold in Europe. They had F1 champ Alain Prost test drive it around a race track.
e1PE TIL that Willy Brandt, German Chancellor between 1969 and 1974, resigned when it was found out that one of his chief advisors was a spy for the Soviet-controlled GDR
jb0Q TIL “Suicide is Painless” the M.A.S.H theme song, was written by the movie director’s 15 year old son and intended it to be “stupidest song ever written”, he has earned more than 1 million dollars while his dad only made 70K total.