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TIL that Ayrton Senna blamed a "moving wall" for his crash at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix. It was later found that the concrete wall had indeed moved out of place!

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wL7jo TIL a song called FIVE MINUTES which begins with the recording made of then-US-President Ronald Reagan's "We begin bombing in five minutes" joke speech, which is then sampled and looped throughout the remainder of the track.
gGoy TIL that Finnish police found a dead mosquito while searching a stolen car. They tested the blood from the mosquito’s last meal and used it to identify the thief.
E1bRw TIL Cheap Date, 18 Wheeler, Dreadlocks, Van Gogh, Clown, Tinman, Indy, Boss, and Swiss Cheese are some of the names of fruit fly genes.
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