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TIL that after struggling as a songwriter, Kris Kristofferson tried to pitch his music to Johnny Cash. When he didn't get any response, Kristofferson--who was a National Guard pilot--landed his army helicopter on Cash's lawn. The two performed together not long after

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R57bl TIL 2-hour marathons were considered physically impossible. In 2017, Nike's "Breaking2" project had the top three long distance runners in the world attempt it. Eliud Kipchoge missed the mark by 25 secs. Two years later, Ineos signed Kipchoge to try again. He ran 1:59:40 officially breaking 2 hours.
6ae8 TIL that in 1994 a Texas A&M professor demonstrated that strawberry Pop-Tarts could produce a flame over a foot high when overheated in a toaster. A wave of lawsuits followed.
roLM TIL that Archaeologists in 2011 discovered skeletal remains of Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
6PLm TIL that Ferrucio Lamborghini originally was a tractor maker. When Ferrari refused to replace a broken clutch in one of the Ferraris that he owned because he was “Just a tractor maker, and didn’t know anything about cars” he decided to start his own company. Thus the Lamborghini sports car was born.
XEX46 TIL the Japanese work philosophy of “kaizen”, where people constantly seek to find ways to improve methods instead of just doing it the same way