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TIL that in 1995 Kia was showing a range extended gas/electric (the Kev-4 concept car) with regenerative braking and solar powered air conditioner. It would drive on electricity alone for 117 miles. Its 880cc gas engine could stretch that farther. This was 15 years before the Chevy Volt.

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VlR4 TIL that Steve Jobs was really unhygienic: he thought that by eating only fruit the need to shower was eliminated, so he stopped showering. When he worked for Atari, his boss assigned him the night shift so that he wouldn’t need to interact with other people.
AVDg TIL that, when they are infected with a deadly fungal disease, ants medicate themselves by consuming food laced with hydrogen peroxide, which would normally kill them but helps keep them alive if they have the infection.
4ZPg TIL in 1990 an unemployed Frenchman, André Gardes, attempted to annex the tiny British island of Sark with a semi-automatic rifle. When a member of the local constabulary complimented his weapon Gardes showed him the rifle, the constable took it and arrested him.
wLjkP TIL The company making anti-grafitti solution for the Memorial to the Jews in Berlin, previously produced Zyklon-B for the Nazis during the war.
b9Z0E TIL in 2001 India started building roads that hold together using polymer glues made from shredded plastic wastes. These plastic roads have developed no potholes and cracks after years of use, and they are cheaper to build. As of 2016, there are more than 21,000 miles of plastic roads.