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TIL only one white man has ever run 100 meters in under 10 seconds. The other 75 men who have done it were all black.

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O95L TIL Mel Brooks was a combat engineer at the Battle of the Bulge. When the Nazis played their propaganda over loudspeakers, he responded by setting up his own sound system and playing music by Jewish singer Al Jolson
EgoGp TIL Samsung can remotely disable its TVs that come pre-loaded with a “Television Block Function”. When the TV connects to the internet, it checks its serial code against a list on Samsung’s servers and stops functionality if there's a match. It's used to mitigate cargo theft and unauthorized retail.
NXGmN TIL Steve Comisar sold "solar powered clothes dryers" in national magazines for $49.99 and subsequently sent customers a clothesline.
v105R TIL Joel Strasser holds the world record for most toothpicks in a beard: 3,500. He also broke the record for most chopsticks (520), baubles (302), forks (121), and golf tees (607) in a beard
OGAGY TIL 5 to 10 percent of people worldwide will develop an ulcer.