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TIL that Fahrenheit 451 was serialized in Playboy

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J7dB TIL in 1957 a Catholic priest produced a concept car designed to be extra safe. Its body was dent, rust, and corrosion proof and the seats swiveled to face rearwards upon collision. It also had hydraulic jacks, crumple zones and a roll cage.
NQR8 TIL YouTube stabilization works by analysing the video, reconstructing the scene in 3D, and working out smooth camera motions based on cinematic techniques
bB19 TIL that in 1792 criminals saw they could make a good profit by filing shavings from the sides of gold and silver coins and selling the precious metal, which is why coins now have ridges on their sides.
R5vww TIL my partners dad just had a bone marrow transfer, he now has two sets of DNA and his blood type has changed! On a side note, if you donated bone marrow in the last two weeks, thank you very much!❤️‍🩹
9Y6nM TIL of the War Horse Memorial—a statue honoring the nearly one million horses mules, and donkeys that lost their lives during the First World War. The statue features a horse named Poppy who possesses a gaunt physique and barbed wire wrapped around its hooves.