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GA9G7 TIL Domino's tried to create the ultimate pizza delivery vehicle using driver feedback. The result was a single-seat car that had a built-in warming oven and could carry 45 pizzas and a dozen large bottles of soda. It was estimated to save drivers 30 seconds per delivery.
epmb TIL Benjamin Franklin gave up vegetarianism because when he sliced open a fish, he saw smaller fish inside, reasoning that if animals eat other animals, humans should be able to eat other animals.
rRZd1 TIL that the Quaker Oats Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology agreed to pay $1.85-million to settle a federal lawsuit over an experiment in which radioactive oatmeal was fed to boys at a state institution in the 1940s and 1950s.
46o5 TIL that the reason Greek statues have such small penises is because back then, big penises were considered “ gross and comical.” Small penises were considered, “God sent” and were much preferred by woman.
Wko7B TIL: Magic Johnson retired before the 1991-1992 NBA Season after announcing he was HIV+, but fans voted him into the 1992 All-Star Game anyway, for which he returned and won MVP.