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TIL 75% of the cars that Rolls Royce has ever produced are still on the road.

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ANWM7 TIL that in 1684 Henry Morgan the "privateer" successfully sued the publishers of the books on piracy in the Caribbean for libel; as a result, the description of Morgan using nuns and monks as human shields were purged from subsequent British editions of "History of the Buccaneers of America"
gMd4b TIL: In 2015, researchers testing the efficiency of mosquito repellents used a Victoria’s Secret perfume because they thought the floral fragrance would attract mosquitoes. To their surprise, they found it repels mosquitoes better than a range of mosquito deterrents.
4XkmN TIL preparations for Y2K computer bug costed world US$300 billion ($417 billion today)
5JBD TIL: Sean Connery was forced to wear a toupee during each of the Bond movies because he had started balding at the age of 21.
ZpJMG TIL the first 100,000 pressings of Tiger Woods ‘99 for PlayStation contained a video file of an early South Park short film, snuck onto the disc by an EA Sports employee.