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TIL that a gallon of gasoline has 31,000,000 calories.
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TIL a scientist named Doctor Claire Rind wanted to design a collision-avoidance system for cars, so she made locusts watch Star Wars while monitoring the reactions of their visual systems. A robot was programmed with the data obtained and was able to avoid collisions 91% of the time.
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TIL the sound of Maleficent breathing fire as a dragon in “Sleeping Beauty” is sampled from footage of US Army flamethrower drills
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TIL the American commanders of the invasion of Tarawa in 1943 were Major General Smith, Major General Smith and Major General Smith
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TIL The hand heart gesture was first noted in art in 1989, when Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created an art image of the gesture as his first artwork named Family Syntax. Hand hearts became popular in 2010s
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TIL a wealthy building contractor who stormed the Bastille had miniature Bastilles made from the prison walls and sent all around France.