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TIL that the dangerously explosive cars in the Fallout games are based on the Ford Nucleon, a nuclear powered concept car from the 50s.

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e0LZ6 TIL camel and goat eyes are ovals to better control light input and are horizontal for a 'panoramic view' that blocks light from above and below. Cats and predators are vertical slits for judging distance without moving the head. Cats eyes alone have ~9x more control over light than humans.
wg68 TIL that the idea of witches riding broomsticks originates in the Middle Age practice of women using broomsticks to apply psychedelic ointments to their vaginas
NXAyJ TIL Leonardo da Vinci did detailed experiments to understand the nature of gravity long before Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton.
b67da TIL Doodling has been shown to improve memory. The probable cause is that doodling fights the need to daydream and allows focus. Doodles may also create a visual which can aid in sifting through information.
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