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TIL the record for quickest pit stop, changing all 4 tires, is 2.31 seconds.

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e0OyJ TIL that in 1992, National Public Radio ran a spot with former President Richard Nixon saying he was running for president again. It was an actor, not Nixon, and the segment was an April Fools' prank.
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