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TIL the EU commission has an alphabetised list of myths about the EU, from the British press, followed by full explanations of what really happened.

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E1Kv0 TIL Scientists trained 17 rats to drive tiny cars; each rat stood on the aluminum floor of the car & gripped copper bars with their paws to complete a circuit to propel the car. By touching left/center/right on the bar, rats could steer to pick up rewards of Froot Loops morsels in the arena.
nrMW TIL that besides the Zapruder film of the JFK assassination, there is the Nix film (VIDEO). The Nix film shows the entire JFK assassination from the complete OPPOSITE side of Dealey Plaza, facing the grassy knoll and Zapruder himself (who can be seen filming the assassination).
78x TIL the arrow in the Arabic FedEx logo points to the left
9ogM TIL The samurai scene in Kill Bill where The Bride fights against the Crazy 88 was so bloody that the MPAA wanted director Quentin Tarantino to cut it in order to maintain an R rating. To get around it, he altered the colors in the scene to black and white.
WKRB TIL: Health care in Mexico is described as very good to excellent while being highly affordable, with every medium city in Mexico having at least one first-rate hospital. Because of this, some California insurers sell insurance policies that require members to go to Mexico where costs are 40% lower