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TIL Google hires camels to capture “street view” in deserts
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dD889
TIL the hit version of “Tom’s Diner” was remixed by the group DNA and circulated to clubs without the permission of the artist Suzanne Vega or her label. When Vega heard the remix, she advised the label to buy it and officially release it rather than sue the group for copyright infringement.
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TIL that each human eye individually has anywhere from a 120-200° angle view, depending on how strictly one defines objects as being "seen." The dual eye overlap (the area where the vision of both eyes overlap) is 130° which is similar to a fisheye lens. And our most clear, central view is 40-60°.
1g17
TIL that the little boy from the Shining teaches Anatomy at a community college in Kentucky and he tells his students at the beginning of each semester that they will fail class if they ask him anything about The Shining.
nWN7o
TIL there are roughly the same amount of neurons and glia in your gut as in a cat's brain
Me9QW
TIL a rogue Asian bull elephant named Osama bin Laden went on a two year killing spree from 2004 to 2006, resulting in at least 27 deaths in the Indian state of Assam