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my4coins t1_ja2gv4m wrote
Reply to TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster. French driver Pierre Levegh crashed into a crowd of spectators. The crash, explosion and subsequent fire killed 84 and injured more than 120. It is still the deadliest car race crash ever. by triviafrenzy
TIL that the top killing rate by race car driver is 84 to 1.
my4coins t1_j8vsihm wrote
Reply to TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
As an European i would prefer alternative examples to MD.
my4coins t1_j10avan wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1968 Bob Beamon broke the world record for the long jump by nearly 2 feet. His jump exceeded the limits of the measuring equipment that had been installed and his jump had to be measured manually. by Lagavulin16_neat
I did first read "broke the world record for the high jump by nearly 2 feet". Was this man raised by kangaroos?
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my4coins t1_iuh5sjj wrote
Reply to TIL the first Vampire / Dracula movie is 100 years old, released in 1922. It was an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. by Jd20001
TIL that Bram Stoker's Dracula is 125 years old.
my4coins t1_ja5dzp9 wrote
Reply to TIL there is a machine for cancer diagnosis from your poop noises, called Synthetic Human Acoustic Reproduction Testing, or SHART by chockychockster
I swear I just saw a thread about car with the plate saying mrshart!