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TIL car manufacturers camouflage their new upcoming cars with a special vinyl wrapping that is designed to confuse our brains by breaking up a vehicle’s shape, and making the eye work harder to discern distinguishing details.

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1awJ8 TIL that there is a stretch of road on Route 66 that plays America the Beautiful if you drive on the rumble strips.
E9bo TIL All Ben & Jerry’s Employees get to take home 3 free pints of ice cream every single day!
ZXPR TIL Clint Eastwood was in a plane which crashed into the sea. He and the pilot escaped the sinking aircraft and swam 3 miles to safety.
nWeR7 TIL I learned George Harrison was Hindu, and his ashes were spread on the Ganges
rNNE0 TIL that Portuguese Man O'Wars can be left or right-handed. The "left-handed" ones sail to the right of the wind, while the "right-handed" ones sail to the left.