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glQ4 TIL the Tsar bomba was so powerful it broke window panes 560 miles away, equivalent to the approx. distance from London to Berlin or Manhattan to Charlotte, NC.
lQjV TIL that there was once a real-life replica of The Simpsons house, made for a contest. It was re-created from footage of more than 100 episodes of the show to get every facet of the house right. The winner, however, chose to accept a cash prize instead.
ANGdx TIL after the Chicago font was created, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport adopted the typeface for its ROTUNDA sign.
vPw8B TIL negative differentiation, suggesting that negativity is conceptualized in a more elaborate and complex way than positivity. Studies show that negative vocabulary is more richly descriptive of the affective experience and there appear to be more terms to express negative feelings.
lolR5 TIL An astronaut working on the International Space Station needed a tool he didn’t have, so NASA designed a wrench with computer software and emailed the file to him. He then used a 3D printer to create the first object ever designed on earth and made in space.