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TIL Nissan hired videogame maker Bandai Namco to create custom alert sounds for the 2021 Nissan Rogue and Pathfinder SUVs

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j6ogp TIL that unborn baby tawny sharks swim between their mothers two uteri, looking for unfertilized eggs to eat.
QjXe TIL that the caffeine in the coffee plant, like capsaicin in chili peppers, is meant to be a toxic substance to deter herbivores.
mxJrP TIL the world isn’t getting worse entirely. The world has greater access to water, electricity, and food, and female education has increased from 65% to 90% from 1970 to 2015. It’s difficult to feel positive in the world sometimes. This cheered me up a little.
0dA1N TIL during WWII, German pilot Walter Nowotny managed to shoot down ten planes in one day twice and five planes in one day 17 times.
kOQ8m TIL that America imported 1600 high-ranking Nazis to come live in the South right after WW2. It was called "Operation Paperclip". The American people even celebrated one of them as a celebrity.