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TIL Eriskay Football Club: the beautiful game with views to match

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rZ64 TIL The maximum speed ever recorded on a public road was set in 1938 and still stands today at - 268mph
bJ4 TIL there is a disorder known as Motion Blindness. Sufferers do not see motion, but see the world around them one “snapshot” at a time.
d8poZ TIL facial recognition software can be successfully fooled by wearing Juggalo face paint. It throws off the softwares light contrast and depth perception, causing it to misidentify the jawline and eye area.
KYXn6 TIL that some people are biologically incapable of dancing
7j4P TIL of Deep Thunder, a weather prediction system created by IBM and processed by Watson. Deep Thunder can accurately predict weather down to a .2 mile (one city block) radius using data it collects from smartphone barometers.