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TIL that Sleep loss causes social withdrawal and loneliness

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jNbLj TIL Ford invented "Robutt", a robotic butt which simulates drivers repeatedly getting in and out of their cars to test the seats in new Ford vehicles. To better mimick real life usage, like getting into your car after the gym, it also sweats, by feeding half a liter water through the fabric.
l7og7 TIL about 50% of adults in France are infected with the toxoplasmosis parasite.
6J9X TIL the Omaha Beef are the only indoor football team to have an all-male dance team- The Rumproasters.
OGLe4 TIL about the uncanny valley, which describes the unsettling feeling caused by a robot or computer generated model that looks almost human but is not convincing enough to look like an actual human
lo4g5 TIL Winston Churchill demanded his coffin to be transported through the London Waterloo Station after his death, as he wanted future invitee, French president de Gaulle walk bare-headed under the Waterloo’s archway that marked Britain's victory over France in the Battle of Waterloo