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PNYw TIL “drafting” 10 feet behind a semi truck can increase your fuel efficiency by up to 40 percent.
xJDB TIL that due to a lack of historical evidence, the Mythbusters deemed it plausible that eyepatches were for keeping one eye adapted to the dark so that pirates could see easier below deck.
ZlWo TIL that it takes 8,000 pounds of force to pull apart two interlocked phone books. You could literally hang two full sized cars from them.