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TIL at the 1964 NHRA drag racing meet at Riverside, CA Danny Ongais broke an axle at the start line of the semi-final round of Top Gas Eliminator. His opponent red-lighted, so Ongais pushed his car the full quarter mile to win. His elapsed time was 1-minute 35-seconds with a trap speed of 3.5 mph.

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TIL at the 1964 NHRA drag racing meet at Riverside, CA Danny Ongais broke an axle at the start line of the semi-final round of Top Gas Eliminator. His opponent red-lighted, so Ongais pushed his car the full quarter mile to win. His elapsed time was 1-minute 35-seconds with a trap speed of 3.5 mph.

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TIL I learned of Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, brother of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, was excommunicated by the Catholic church and during that time consecrated bishops various schisms, forming the basis of their claims of apostolic succession back to the Apostles of Jesus.

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TIL about the Chibalo, a large-scale system of forced labour that included men, women and children in Portuguese Angola and lasted until the 1950s. Up to 30% of the total male population was employed. It reached a worker mortality rate of up to 40%.

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