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TIL There are only 4 authentic Thai pavilions built outside of Thailand. One being in Madison Wisconsin. It was a gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the Thai government for the large Thai student population. The pavilion does not contain any screws or nails of any kind.

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neODY TIL the bluefin tuna is one of the fastest accelerating fish reaching a maximum of 3.27 G, or approximately 32 ms^-2. It would reach a speed of 144 mph if the tuna did it for 2 seconds. That's faster than any car. The bluefin tuna's top speed is roughly 44 mph.
grOrW TIL of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2018 concluding that parachutes does not reduce risk of death or major injury when jumping from an aircraft. However, participants only jumped from a stationary aircraft on the ground. The trial is meant as a humorous commentary on RCTs.
v1JLK TIL that the "Heidi Game" refers to when NBC prematurely cut away from their broadcast of a 1968 US pro football game to show the film Heidi; in the game's final seconds, the Raiders scored two touchdowns to beat the Jets. The TV audience had no idea about the surprise outcome.
bE80 TIL that the last car to have a cassette deck come standard was the Lexus SC430, in 2010.
l7Oaa TIL in 1936, 20 year old Orson Welles directed an entirely African American cast of Macbeth set in the Caribbean in which Haitian vodou replaced Scottish witchcraft. The play was produced by the Federal Theatre Project which was responsible for creating jobs in the arts during the Depression.