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TIL Car makers employ sound engineers to give car doors that satisfying 'thunk' when closed.

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7n5L TIL that the roman emperor Claudius’s love life was considered unusual at the time, because he only liked women, not men.
wL1rW TIL in the 1930s, bridge construction projects expected one fatality for every $1 million in cost. So, the Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge enacted the most stringent safety measures in history. He even formulated diets to help fight dizziness and sauerkraut juice “cures” for hangovers.
l76O5 TIL: Kogoro Kurata and roboticist Wataru Yoshizaki founded a company which builds rideable mech robots. He was inspired by Mecha anime. His first release of Kurata mechs sold for $1.35million, weighed 4,500kg, and 4 meters high. The company is still working on mechs today.
Bo0K TIL when “Breaking Bad” was proposed to TV networks, 2 TNT executives loved the story pitch about a middle-aged teacher diagnosed with cancer and turning to a life of crime, but feared getting fired from their jobs over the meth storyline and wanted to change Walter White into a counterfeiter.
NZDN TIL that in January 1997, the capitol of Ghana rioted over accusations of penis snatching wizards. Several people were killed by mobs who accused them of using magic handshakes to kidnap penises and hold them for ransom.