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16K4 TIL In a motor accident, where a speeding car hits a slower moving vehicle coming from the side, the speeding car drivers often swear that they just didn’t see the vehicle coming from the left or right. Well, they aren’t lying.This phenomenon is known as “Motion Induced Blindness”.
E1yEw TIL that a New York City firefighter has a starting salary of $45k, but after five years their total compensation increases to $110k.
p8MJ8 TIL the Reichstag, which fell into disrepair after World War II but was rebuilt after the reunification of Germany, contains Soviet graffiti as "historical reminders," including one which reads "I fuck Hitler in the ass."
kJ0DE Today I Learned about Project Orion, a project that employed Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, had the potential to travel up to 11% the speed of light, and was shelved in the 1960's.
DQmpg TIL that as a child star, Jackie Coogan earned up to $4m (equivalent to around $91m today) but by age 21, he found most of it had been spent by his mother and stepfather. He sued in 1938 and received only $126,000. This case resulted in the 1939 enactment of the California Child Actor's Bill.