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TIL- In ww1 planes forward firing gun was synchronized with the propeller to fire through the propeller

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R7xV1 TIL because of tight budget and small room, Naughty Dog (Uncharted, The Last of Us) had to open front door and shoot from apartment hallway for move sets in their Mortal Kombat's ripoff - Way of the Warrior. It made the neighbors mistakenly believed that the studio were shooting kinky porno
m1LJP TIL: Vein Popping Kid and Overly Attatched Girlfriend meme went to the same highschool.
X6v6 TIL in Nara prefecture, Japan, deers and people lived in harmony for 1300 years. You can see deers all over the city. They are called “bowing deers” because they bow to people to get food.
awe40 TIL Ford uses a robotic butt, called Robutt, to quickly simulate 10 years worth of wear and tear on car seats in just 3 days. It is heated to 36 degrees Celsius (to approximate the human body’s temperature) and can sweat.
doXZ TIL Issac Newton invented the ridges along the edges of coins, still in use today, to prevent theft