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TIL Drivotrainer was the first computerized driving simulator used for Driver's Ed in the 1960s

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Wkeo9 TIL Yoda is a common Japanese name and Japanese grammar is reversed compared to English just like the way he speaks in the movies.
X0X7E TIL that the Nazca Lines in Peru, massive geoglyphs created by the ancient Nazca civilization, were made by removing reddish pebbles to reveal the lighter ground beneath. Some of these lines are over 1,200 feet long and can only be fully appreciated from the air.
9wMxG TIL a third of brownie mixes, chocolate chips & hot cocoa are high in lead or cadmium
7yYZ TIL an American POW in Osaka, narrowly avoided an execution by uttering the words “He can kill me, but he will not kill my spirit, and my spirit will lodge inside him and haunt him for the rest of his life.”. The Japanese officer backed off.
D1lBj TIL that when museum couldn't open an antique safe, it sought help online. A volunteer figured out the combination, only to find that it contained a door with a keyed lock. An antique key was eventually found to fit the lock, and the safe was opened containing only a single paperclip.