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TIL the world’s first 3D computer animation — a rotating hand and face made of polygons — was created in 1972 by two students at the University of Utah.

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gMO8X TIL Honda revealed the shape of the B2 Bomber weeks before the government declassified it, in a car advertisement.
691Zm TIL that Natural Spirit charges $2 for a single can of their sparkling water but charges $12 for four of them.
5rx9 TIL: Woodrow Wilson’s vice president, Thomas Marshall, was known for his sense of humor. One of his favorite jokes was about a woman with two sons, one of whom went to sea and one of whom was elected vice president; neither was ever heard of again.
vg1x TIL experiments were held that tested responses to potential threats from white and black strangers. The results determined that unarmed blacks were shot more than whites, even among black subjects tested. “The trend is less likely a function of active prejudice than of ambient social stereotypes.”
BL6d TIL a mysterious young woman known only as “Bionerd23” has spent the last couple of years wandering around the destroyed nuclear plant at Chernobyl, ignoring the radiation danger and occasionally eating radioactive apples. Despite her dozens of YouTube videos, no one seems to know who she is.