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TIL that objects look smaller when viewed from between the legs

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9Yjjr TIL that in 2016 a research ship was named The RRS Sir David Attenborough. An internet poll to suggest the name of the ship showed the actual winner was the name "Boaty McBoatface," but the Science Minister wanted a "more suitable name" and chose a different name from the poll's choices.
J1p8l TIL New York City metropolitan region's GDP is above $2.5 trillion
VBrDk TIL Polaroid sold cameras to the South African government for use in making internal "passports" for black South Africans. This practice was protested by Polaroid employees.
Oowke TIL about Rubber Duck debugging, a name for solving a problem by trying to explain it to someone else
lvEA TIL there’s an open source brand of cola that’s under the GNU Public License and has been through several revisions.