Post * mxZ8x — Curious Curator

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TIL that Jeff Gordon was so dominant in the late 90s that he was told by NASCAR not to pull out more than four seconds in front of second place to keep the race entertaining.

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jJrR TIL that during the Aurora movie theater shooting, a man left his girlfriend and two small children in the theater, ran to his car, and drove away. He later proposed to his girlfriend at the hospital. She said yes.

R7VW8 TIL The meeting of presidents President Taft and Díaz in Mexico in 1909 was the first between a president of the United States and a president of Mexico. Because both presidents were bilingual there was no need for interpreters. No one else attended the meeting where they spent 20 minutes alone

mQLM TIL That the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place at Lusail, Quatar, a city which does not exist yet.

WWgd TIL of 100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See, a secret film written by and starring John Malkovich. 100 Years is kept in a high-tech safe in bulletproof glass that will open automatically on 18 November 2115, the date of the films release. The plot remains a complete secret.

A6l4 TIL A World Cup qualifying match between Chile and Brazil was canceled after an opposing fan hit the Chilean goalkeeper with a flare. Photos later proved that the flare never touched him; he faked the injury with a hidden razor blade.