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wLD1J TIL of Dorothy Levitt: Among her many achievements, she held the water speed record, the women's land speed record, and even lays claim to inventing the rear-view mirror—seven years before being adopted by manufacturers.
rR9A4 TIL almost all airplane seats are blue because physcologists discovered that the color helps to calm anxiety and relieve fear, which makes the plane ride more comfortable for many people.
awGPL TIL that after their victory at the Battle of Marathon, the Greeks carved a statue of Nemesis (the goddess who punishes the arrogant) out of an enormous block of marble that the Persians had brought to the battle with the intention of carving a monument to their victory over the Greeks.
jN8Xv TIL that "Rocky Road" ice cream is named after the Great Depression and not the texture of the Ice Cream.
P1LbL TIL The heat of the Earth's core has nothing to do with pressure. Rather, most of it is energy produced by radioactive decay and the rest is trapped heat remaining from when the planet formed.