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TIL Humans are better at endurance running than any other animal on the planet

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514p TIL Chinese sledgehammers have a flexible handle to increase strike velocity and reduce handle reverberation for the user.
X0DPR TIL that Samsung made a robot butt to test their phones durability.
1av5r TIL about Cliff Young, a 61 year-old farmer who won a 544 mile ultramarathon in 1983, which he ran wearing overalls and workboots, by not sleeping for 5 days. He let the other 5 finishers split the A$10,000 prize.
OxB4 TIL the Cinderella Castle (189 ft) and Tower of Terror (199 ft) at Disney World (Orlando, FL, USA) are intentionally under 200 feet (61 m) tall to avoid regulations that would require it to have flashing aircraft warning lights at the top.
8axm4 TIL that Zog I of Albania reportedly had 600 blood feuds declared against him, survived 55 assassination attempts, and was helped to escape Nazi-occupied France by Ian Fleming (the creator of James Bond).