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TIL: Caillou was voiced by a girl and she passed away in a car crash in 2003

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e0PME TIL of the Kiplingcotes Derby, the world's oldest horse race (1519). The rules state it must be run every year or never be run again. The weather has threatened the race several times, causing a single rider to lead a horse around the track to prevent the race from being canceled permanently.
LQpVQ TIL that the architect Erno Goldfinger threatened to sue Ian Fleming over his name being used for the novel. Fleming responded that he might then, accidentally let the name slip to Goldprick here and there in the book.
gnRA TIL China consumes 42.5 billion packets of instant noodle per year. That’s mean more than 100 million packs are eaten in each day
wLkKE TIL about rongorongo, a writing system created by the Rapa Nui of Easter Island. No living Rapa Nui understands it and it will likely never be deciphered.
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