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GAmmg TIL that former F1 driver Romain Grosjean survived a fiery crash during the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix that split his car in half and wedged his cockpit (and himself) inside an Armco barrier. He survived with only burns to his finger as he tried to escape the burning mess.
6orZ TIL that Japan’s Hitashi Seaside Park covers an area of 190 hectares with 4.5 million flower blossoms. Come spring, the Nemophila seeds create a landscape of perpetual blue.
k9Z1 TIL if you are a 7+ foot tall American male between the ages of 20 and 40, there is a 17% chance you currently play for the NBA.
D1Nar TIL in the 1910s there were cases of people using the postal service to mail their children across long distances because postage was cheaper than a train ticket
mxmgM TIL the FBI estimates that there are between twenty five and fifty serial killers operating throughout the United States at any given time