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TIL the reason that some semi-truck trailer doors have quilted patterns on their rear doors is to reduce glare on the vehicles following them.

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jAnR TIL paleontologists have found 55-million-year old fossil remains of parrots in Scandinavia
GOR5 TIL the Pleiades (a cluster of stars) were used as a method for testing eyesight in ancient times, a soldier who could see at least 7 was given the job of scouts or archers.
l0n5 TIL Airline pilots deliberately touch down hard on the runway when it’s raining, to minimize aquaplaning.
BgmNk TIL that the James Webb Space Telescope can detect the heat signature of a bumblebee at the distance of the moon
pLOe TIL that Sir Isaac Newton, while Master of the Royal Mint, personally went undercover in bars and taverns to root out rampant counterfeiting, which was high treason (punishable by being hanged, drawn and quartered). He successfully prosecuted 28 counterfeiters in 18 months.