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TIL James Dean's Porsche "Little Bastard" was believed to be cursed. There were a series of deaths/injuries following Dean's fatal accident; one of which involved the wrecked car falling off a flatbed and crushing the driver. The accidents continued until the wreckage disappeared during transport.

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a87YM TIL that the constitution of Ancient Sparta (the "Great Rhetra") was simultaneously a state secret kept in text by the oracle of Delphi, as well as verbal and illegal for anyone to write down.
GG5G TIL for whatever reason, a German WW2 submarine captain decided not to call the trained technician and tried to operate the complex flush system himself after he had used the lavatory. He flooded the boat, forcing it to surface, where it was promptly spotted by the enemy and bombed out of the water.
neXYB TIL That a Johnny Cash statue will replace a Confederate figure on Capitol Hill
ADr0g TIL the Summer Olympics have only been cancelled three times since the beginning of the 20th century and all three because of war.
XZmE TIL that the United States has surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia and now produces more oil and natural gas than any other country in the world