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TIL Bruce Lee literally punched too fast for people to react and had to limit his speed on camera

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E1Kmx TIL Werner Herzog once jumped into a cactus, to cheer up an actor who was accidentally run over and set on fire while working on his film
E1bkV TIL that the first first-person shooter, Maze, was created in 1973. It included features like corner peeking, AI bots, and 8-player online play. In fact, it was so popular that DARPA had to ban it from ARPANET because half of all network activity for a month was between players at MIT and Stanford.
4kvW6 TIL about Chromostereopsis: the effect that particular color shades can have on your depth perception
WkPMN TIL about the Confederate Truce Flag, now housed at the National Museum of American History. It was preserved by General George Armstrong Custer, who was present at the surrender of Robert E. Lee.
e0dmn TIL that while aerospikes could offer the greatest rocket engine performance, no company has yet to produce a commercial engine (despite many trying) because they are so complicated.