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aVDJ TIL the word “slave” is derived from “Slav” since many Slavs were commonly enslaved in the early Middle Ages
XE0Pj TIL that Dick Dale plays guitar upside down and backwards, and that he's considered the "father of heavy metal".
5vD9 TIL of the Brabham BT46B. An F1 car that vacuum sucked itself to the track. It raced only a single time before getting banned, and won by over 30 seconds.
7DNb TIL That prior to Westerners coming to Japan there had been a ban on red meat. The Emperor repealed the ban because he believed it was responsible for the Westerners greater size.
oPNL TIL in 1990 Donald Trump threatened to sue the stock broker firm Janney Montgomery Scott after an analyst made negative comments regarding the financial prospects of the Taj Mahal. The analyst was fired, refusing to withdraw the statement. The Taj Mahal declared bankruptcy later that same year.