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TIL that over 10,000 people have won the 72 ounce steak challenge

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oyoo TIL that David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader, once held the British deadlift record with a pull of 674.75 lbs.
ZpZaD TIL In 1947 a man named Art Lacey bet his friend $5 he couldn’t buy a retired B-17 and turn it into a gas station. After a wild journey including a plane crash, alcohol smuggling, permit skirting, and a cross country trip, he won that bet and it stayed in place for more than six decades
rR0No TIL that the longest single "conflict" was the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years War, allegedly between the Netherlands and the Isle of Scilly, extended by a lack of a peace treaty for 335 years, without a shot ever being fired.
W7bg4 TIL that the sudden “breeze” you may feel in your car while turning isn’t the vents, it’s air lagging behind and creating a small pressure imbalance. Due to inertia (Newton’s First Law), the air keeps moving straight as the car turns. It’s noticeable when there are uneven air temps in the car.
W75oL TIL that heart attack symptoms can be significantly different between men and women