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TIL that five cow skins are needed for a Porsche interior. Their production amounts to roughly 165000 cars a year (2013 report). 452 cars per day. 2260 cows a day.

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RWV9 TIL: Cocksucker Blues is an unreleased documentary film about The Rolling Stones. Even though the band had commissioned the film, they decided that it was embarrassing and incriminating and did not want it shown. A court order forbids it from being shown unless the director is physically present.
Jdo1 TIL that for 50 years, the Nazi-style salute was the official salute for the American flag.
lMD5 TIL that in 1997, four years before being arrested for spying for the KGB, Robert Hanssen was caught using a password cracker on a federal computer. When asked about this, he said that he was simply trying to install a color printer, and so he needed the administrator password. They believed him.
bZLE TIL that after needing 13 liters of blood for a surgery at the age of 13, a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood a record 1,000 times and saved 2,000,000 lives.
8e1r8 TIL that the heat of the pyroclastic surge produced by the Vesuvius explosion was so great that their brains were vitrified (turned to glass). This is the first time this has been seen.