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TIL Leonardo Da Vinci invented the concept of a CVT transmission

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BgBKe TIL Canada's 12.9-kilometre Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island is not straight but deliberately curved to ensure that drivers remain attentive and reduce accidents. Confederation Bridge is projected to last for 100 years until 2097
WkGVB TIL thanks to the U.S. version of the sitcom "The Office", Scranton, Pennsylvania has gone from a former coal city into a major tourist attraction, revitalizing its downtown area
MePQ0 TIL In 1954 Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio broke into an apartment they believed DiMaggio’s wife Marilyn Monroe was using to have an affair. They rushed upstairs with a camera but soon realized they had accidentally broken into the neighboring apartment of 39-year-old secretary Florence Kotz
XJ7j TIL that in 1957, the KKK planned to set up a burning cross at a college in Alabama that recently integrated. However, because it was finals week, the students were all in their dorms and heard the KKK outside. The students then attacked the KKK with bats and golf clubs and forced them to retreat.