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TIL that in 2016 Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche was discovered to have a hidden motor in her bicycle, the first proven instance of "Mechanical Doping"

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oVMK TIL that after hitting his head in the shallow end of a swimming pool, a man awoke with the condition known as aquired musical savant syndrome. He had become a great pianist without ever learning to play.
5b1p TIL John Lasseter was fired from Disney after pitching a computer animated version of The Brave Little Toaster. He would later go on to work for Pixar and directed a similar and even more successful movie, Toy Story.
4XrPa TIL that a material's melting point is the same as its freezing point. These are just different terms for the same thing, it just depends on whether energy is being removed from a substance (freezing) or if energy is being added to a substance (melting).
mxRxY TIL when the US was pressured by China not to sell F-20 fighters to Taiwan, the US allowed General Dynamics to work with Taiwan to jointly develop a comparable fighter, which was later named F-CK-1. (Yes, it's named after the Taiwanese president who initiated the project, but I'm sure r/theyknew!)
9wBkG TIL roman epicurean poet Lucretius repeatedly stated in his poem "de rerum natura" that his goal was to give a natural explanation of the universe, and "free the world from religion and fear of the gods". The same work opens by addressing the goddess Venus, peading for her guidance and protection