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TIL 3D graphics in computers are optical illusion , since the screen is 2D its all about prescriptive ( like 3D optical illusions and drawings on papers or walls)

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bbZE TIL that in the middle of the Pacific Ocean there is an area where spacecraft pieces entering orbit generally land, or crash. It’s called the “Spacecraft Cemetery” and its wreckage includes the Mir Space Station.
Wk699 TIL of Pigasus, a pig nominated for US Presidency in 1968. The anti-war activists responsible demanded treatment as candidate, including security and access to briefings. Pigasus and his team were finally arrested during a "rally" and charged with disturbing the peace and bringing a pig to Chicago.
4XwOJ TIL that Queen Elizabeths grandfather, King George V, was euthanized by his physician. The physician wrote in his journal that he euthanized the King so that his death would be announced in the morning newspapers, rather than the "less appropriate evening journals".
JYgLj TIL William Walker worked under water below Winchester Cathedral for six hours a day for six years to restore the building's foundation. He worked in total darkness, using his bare hands to feel his way through the cloudy, muddy water.
oBlJA TIL On April 16, 1947, America's worst harbor explosion when the Grandcamp caught fire and blew up, devastating the town. Another ship, the Highflyer, exploded the following day. The explosions and resulting fires killed over 500 people and left 200 missing.