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TIL that Nike created a pair of shoes that were so advanced, they were banned from the Olympics because they were considered as technological doping.The Alphaflys, or “the shoe that broke running”, as sports scientist Dr Ross Tuckercalled them, contain tech designed to deliver greater energy return

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kOky4 TIL that rabbits perform an athletic leap, known as a "binky," when they’re happy, performing twists and kicks in mid air.
jWXR TIL that the gas cells of early zeppelins were made from cow intestines. It took two hundred and fifty thousand cows to make one airship. During WW1, Germany and its allies ceased production of sausages so that there would be enough cow guts to make zeppelins.
5Y0On TIL Helsinki, Finald, gives rough sleepers a stable and permanent home of their own as soon as possible. They can pay rent through state housing benefit and people can even opt to stay for the rest of their lives
wAA6 TIL a second is so called because it is the second divison by sixty of the hour (after the minute). Thirds (1/60 s) and Fourths (1/3600 s) were also previously used.
8aVjV TIL Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, born 1788, was the first known supercentenarian (lived to be 110 years old). He outlived all his 12 children and his record for longest living male was not surpassed until 65 years after his death.