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TIL that city transportation maps with over 250 connections are too complex for most people to navigate. In fact, a staggering 80% of trips in New York already exceed this cognitive limit.

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oBnwo TIL that in 1958, Larry King got into a car accident with JFK. JFK reportedly yelled “How could you? Early Sunday morning, no traffic, I’m parked—how could you run into me?” When King simply offered to exchange information, the Senator agreed he’d forget about it if King promised to vote for him.
6aX TIL that the Irish Elk was the largest deer which ever lived. They would often grow to 7ft at the shoulders and they had the largest antlers of any known deer at 12ft from tip to tip
BB6W TIL that chickens have a three digit hand and a tail while in embryo and genes trigger their re-absorption. Scientists are trying to isolate and deactivate these to create a chickenosaurus.
b6ljN TIL: Sockets aren't perfectly hexagonal, but are rounded in the corners to prevent rounding of nuts. (And that this was a result of developing tools for working on aircraft in wartime).
kQK4 TIL the dental drill was invented 9000 years ago, predating the wheel by 3500 years.