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TIL about EN-roads, a climate simulator which shows how we can end the climate crisis.

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a8A9M TIL that the Avrocar was a real life flying saucer, developed by Avro Canada for the US Air Force to be used as a flying jeep
N7mO1 TIL in 1967 California State Senator Nicholas C. Petris proposed banning the use of internal combustion cars on California's roads by 1975.
grOGD TIL about the Schienenzeppelin, a train powered by a rear-mounted propeller similar to a helicopter, capable of reaching 140 km/h (87 mph). Designed in 1930s Germany, it was intended to be a futuristic mode of transportation but never entered service due to technical issues and WWII
Lk7DV TIL President Calvin Coolidge owned, amongst many other pets, two lions given to him by the Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa named Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau.
W4k8 TIL The Crosby, Stills, and Nash song “Just a Song Before I Go” was written on a dare by their limo driver that they couldn’t write a song before getting to the airport. It went on to become one of their biggest hits.