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TIL The 1964 on-track death of a NASCAR alum named Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, of a crash resulting in fire explosion burns, directly led to Simpson creating the fire protection suit, saving the lives of many future drivers.

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v9Ax TIL Pierre Boulle, author of “Planet of the Apes” and “The Bridge over the River Kwai”, won an Oscar for the later movie adaptation. Not speaking English and not having actually written the screenplay, Boulle gave the shortest acceptance speech in Academy Award history, the single word “Merci”.
epkrg TIL The Triforce symbol from Legend of Zelda is the symbol of the Hojo clan in Japan
b97bQ TIL Coca-Cola was sued by a consumer protection agency for misleading health claims regarding VitaminWater, which contains 33 grams of sugar per bottle. Coca-Cola's defense was that "no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking VitaminWater was a healthy beverage.”
e0Z95 TIL about The Black Book, a list of people that the Nazis would have arrested if they have occupied Britain during WWII. The list included notable politicians and Jewish people as well as author H G Wells, suffragist Sylvia Pankhurst and philosopher Bertrand Russell.
1yj7 TIL that Jimmy Carter made the American microbew industry possible by legalizing the selling of malt, hops, and yeast to home brewers for the first time since Prohibition