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TIL there is a real time model that shows the Earth’s wind patterns

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vPPOB TIL a modern Formula 1 car costs over $20 Million to build, with almost 90% of the cost being the engine.
4eZo TIL JK Rowling deleted the rules of Quidditch from the original Harry Potter manuscript “because she thought it made it too technical”. Her agent made her put them back in
MeJ8W TIL of Bulgaria’s role during World War II as a part of the Axis. Did not participate in the war vs the Soviet Union, reluctant to send Jews to the Holocaust, had no resistance to the incoming Red Army to “liberate” them in Sept. 1944, and ended the war with slightly more land!
5yMB TIL Frank Zappa’s Grammy-winning album Jazz from Hell received a “Parental Advisory” sticker even though it is a collection of instrumental pieces and contains no lyrics at all.
neBbB TIL from the 1930’s to the 50’s, film studios used pure white asbestos fibers to replicate the look of snow. It was used in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the famous snow scene at the end of Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas.’ Brands of asbestos fake snow included ‘White Magic’ ‘Snow Drift’ and ‘Pure White.’