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TIL The roof of some Tesla models appear orange and red when wet due to a protective UV/infrared layer in the glass to reduce heat. Water droplets cause light to bounce around and reflect some of the infrared light (normally not visible to us) in a form that is visible to our eyes

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OZn7 TIL a filmmaker, in order to expose “the general absurdity of what we all believe,” became a fake spiritual guru and ended up with a real group of followers who called him “the living embodiment of the divine.”
W7wpo TIL that tons of works in the U.S. released between 1909 and 1976 are in the public domain not due to its copyright expiring. Until the Copyright Act of 1976 was passed, a works U.S. copyright had to be renewed 28 years after publication in order for copyright protection to be extended.
kJLY4 TIL that Jack Black's mom was Judith Love Cohen, a NASA engineer who helped create the abort-guidance system that rescued the Apollo 13 astronauts. Also according to one obituary, she went to the office the day Jack was born and took a printout of a problem with her, that she solved later that day.
OEK4 TIL that Bill Murray does not have an agent or manager and reportedly only fields offers for scripts and roles using a personal telephone number with a voice mailbox that he checks infrequently.
Axlw TIL in 2004, a Mario game had a transgender playable character with a subplot about being accepted by her family. This was censored in the American version.