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TIL the Aston Martin Vulcan can produce more than it’s own body weight in downforce, theoretically allowing it to drive upside down on a ceiling

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epxo4 TIL Mountain Dew was originally created as a moonshine mixer. The soda received its name for the slang used for "mountain-brewed" moonshine: Mountain Dew
lKmB TIL that carbon nanotubes were used in a Damascus steel sword from the 17th century. It is thought that the nanotubes along with nanowires give the legendary steel its strength.
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4XYWR TIL George Miller had his wife Margaret Sixel edit Mad Max: Fury Road. Miller said that she had never cut an action movie before, and he said if was edited by "the usual kind of guys, it would look like every other action movie we see." She went on to win a Oscar for her editing work in the film.
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