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TIL Bugatti Veyron tires cost $42,000 for a set. At top speed they only last 15 minutes. The wheels have to be replaced every other tire change to ensure the integrity of the bead seal at high speed. Those are $69,000 a set.

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vQX7 TIL when introducing the character Agamemnon in “Time Bandits”, Terry Gilliam’s script read “The Greek warrior removes his helmet, revealing himself to be none other than Sean Connery, or an actor of equal but cheaper stature.” He wrote it as a joke never expecting Connery to be in the movie.
nWnDY TIL why Roman concrete beats all competitors
7RWX TIL In 1965, a U.S. Army sergeant drunkenly deserted his company, wandered into North Korea, and was forced to be an interpreter, actor, teacher, and father by the North Korean regime until his release..wait for it..39 years later, in 2004.
WklOo TIL that in 2009, a 14 year old boy in Essen, Germany was heading to school when he saw a "ball of light" in the sky heading towards him. A small rock then hit his hand, bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground. He is one of the few recorded humans to be struck by a meteorite
9YOEQ TIL that what we refer to today as "elevator music" is actually the result of a 1940s Stimulus Progression campaign from the Muzak company. Though based on pseudoscience, this campaign brought easy listening music into commercial places to influence moods and encourage consumers to buy more