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TIL the reason why the clutch, brake, and accelerator are in the same order in modern cars is because the British government needed civilian cars to be standardized in case they had to be commandeered and driven by soldiers during WW1

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8jyZ TIL that When you are thinking about something in such a way that you are forming words in your mind, you are actually speaking those words extremely quietly. Your vocal chords are moving, and a very sensitive microphone would be able to record what you are “thinking.”
k5gE TIL Murakami when writing a novel gets up at 4am writes for 6 hrs then runs 10k or swims 1500m (or both) then sleeps by 9pm because repetition is a form of mesmerism to reach a deeper state of mind
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kOoA4 TIL in 1969, Brazilian bus drivers were arrested for training beetles to crawl inside fare boxes and carry out the coins. The beetles were also arrested.
Va44 TIL that during WWII, hamburgers in the U.S. were dubbed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German-sounding name.