Post * bkbp — Curious Curator

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TIL A recent study showed 25% of US drivers making a turn failed to use signals correctly. 48% of US lane changers failed to use signals. Such failures are responsible for up to 2M preventable accidents a year.

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7RYL TIL the European Bison or ‘wisent’ exists and was considered extinct in the wild in 1927. Since then, this species has been reintroduced in many European countries. They are making an amazing comeback and now are no longer considered an endangered species

9ylB TIL early “Toy Story” scripts were so bad that production was halted. Steve Jobs kept work going with personal funding until a better script was ready. When production green-lit for $17M, Jobs demanded more funds from Disney, who refused until Pixar’s co-founder was able to compromise a new budget

ADvX7 TIL in the first test of ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, the connection crashed after the first two of five characters were transmitted

7rvn7 TIL that in 3rd century China, Han Emperors required anyone who addressed them to chew on Cloves first to freshen their breath

PbPO TIL researchers have invented a helmet that gives humans simulated 360° of Vision, allowing a person to avoid a ball thrown from behind and catch an object tossed outside the normal human field of view.