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LkYvv TIL George Orwell's 1984 was heavily inspired in terms of themes and plot by Russian Yevgeny Zamyatin's 'We', an anti-utopian book which Orwell has stated had a great impact on him. The book was written 26 years before Orwell's 1984 but looks critical acclaim it deserves.
mxDKO TIL of the Metropolitan Sepulchre - A 19th century proposal to build a pyramid in London that would have covered 18 acres, had the capacity for 5 million bodies and at 94 stories and 1500 feet would have been taller than the Empire State Building!
Zy0a TIL that police can reject police officers that score too high in IQ claiming that “those who scored too high could get bored with police work”.
Ov0a TIL Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors.
e0VwD TIL The longest taxi journey was a 13month long roadtrip around the world. They travelled across four continents and 50 different countries in a black cab. The journey cost 100 000$