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TIL automakers overengineer cars to go over the speed limit to improve reliability. By making a vehicle that can drive up to 120 mph, there’s less strain on the engine when it spends a lifetime of going 65 mph.

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b6eyj TIL that Tina Turner had her US citizenship relinquished back in 2013 and lived in Switzerland for almost 30 years until her death.
XVNj TIL there have been no successful attempts to reach the Sentinelese people, rendering them completely isolated from the rest of the world
PY6vJ TIL despite the stereotype linking them to Switzerland, Cuckoo Clocks were actually invented and popularised in Germany
rRb5M TIL that broiler chickens raised for breeding must be feed-restricted to prevent them from becoming overweight. One study found that 20% of birds allowed to eat as much as they wanted either died or had to be killed because of severe illness between 11 and 20 weeks of age.
VMj8 TIL female koalas have two vaginas, and a male koala’s penis is split into two.