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The physics of boomerang flight
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TIL about Richard Ankrom, an artist who created and installed a perfect replica of a highway sign to prevent motorists from missing the exit from CA-110 (north) to I-5 (north)
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TIL that the hook on the end of a tape measure is intentionally loose. The distance it moves is equal to the thickness of the hook, to take into account the difference between hooking the end over an edge and pressing it against an object.
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TIL the Disney park “EPCOT” was originally supposed to be a Utopian society that could hold 20,000 people.
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TIL in 1996 the Argentine branch of Coca Cola announced they would give away free tickets to a Ramones concert in exchange for ten bottle caps. Massively underestimating the band’s appeal in Argentina, Coca Cola didn’t have enough tickets available, resulting in riots and looting
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TIL - In the study involving the 26 engineers, scientists, and others taking Psychedelics the participants actually took Mescaline Not LSD