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TIL Tesla cars are only one gear. the electric powertrain (Nikola Tesla’s AC induction motor) is only the size of a watermelon and directly spins the back wheels without any driveshaft or transmission. you can break by releasing the gas pedal and that also recharges the battery (@ 22:39)

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PD0g TIL There is a pill called “Father Christmas” that makes your farts smell like chocolate
j6rMa TIL in 1847, a doctor performed an amputation so quickly that he amputated his assistant’s fingers as well as slashing the coat of a spectator. The patient and assistant died of gangrene, and the spectator died of shock, resulting in the only known surgical procedure with a 300% mortality rate
kRMW TIL That a honeybee has the same amount of hairs as a squirrel: 3 million. Whereas the human head, as a comparison, has just 100,000 hairs.
0ZW1 TIL that along with Leo, Johnny Depp has never won an Oscar.
78RAb TIL that Scientists Have Discovered A Bird Graveyard in Antarctica, and a Black Lake That Never Freezes