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TIL Leonardo da Vinci made plans for a clockwork three-wheeled vehicle in 1478, in 2004 it was recreated based on his designs and it worked.

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YpvAZ TIL that the first battle of WWI consisted of a British ship firing a single shot at a German ship on Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi) in Africa, and taking the captain "prisoner." The two captains had been drinking buddies for years, and weren't about to let the war ruin it.
oRwGR TIL the Olympic torch relay was first used in 1936 Berlin. Hitler saw the link with the ancient Games as a way to illustrate that classical Greece was an Aryan forerunner of the Third Reich. The torch relay idea was originally devised by Jewish archaeologist & sports official, Alfred Schiff.
v156D TIL Chris Hemsworth's first job was cleaning human breast pump rentals
mxaQo TIL the eggs of Southern Cassowary is green like green(raw) mango. The eggs become green due to biliverdin, a common pigment found in bird eggshells. Their eggs color is used for camouflage against the surrounding vegetation in tropical forests.
MmmW TIL Amazon warehouses use a chaotic storage system where products are not stored by what they are, but rather by where in the warehouse they can best fit.