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TIL Ancient Greeks built a 7 mile wall from Athens to the port of Piraeus to guarantee safe passage to the sea

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yQREV TIL the fastest speed ever recorded on a bicycle is 183.931 mph. Recorded by Denise Mueller-Korenek in 2018 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, the gearing on the bike was so steep that she was towed to a speed of around 100mph before taking over under her own power!
LkM1r TIL of Project Thor which explored using large projectiles from 1,000+ miles above the Earth. The "rods from god" idea was a bundle of telephone-pole-size tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching up to 10 times the speed of sound. The explosion would be on par with a nuke - but no fallout.
mxYGp TIL Chuck E. Cheese’s backstory is that he was an orphan and didn’t know when his birthday was. This made him sad so he started throwing birthday parties for kids
Xowk TIL that on a surprise visit to hospital after a fan fell into a coma when stabbed 30 times, Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), sang to the girl and her arms and legs started moving, the next day she woke up.
woK58 TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth."