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TIL about “vicarious embarrassment” which explains extreme reactions to cringe comedy. For me, it can get so bad as to become physically painful

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WkQPX TIL Konstanz is one of the few towns in Germany left untouched by the Second World War. Instead of blackout, the city would leave all its lights on at night in order to fool Allied bomber crews into thinking that it was part of nearby Switzerland.
jOZj TIL The Powerpuff Girls broke records for the most Beatles references in one episode.
8abrK TIL that on Skylab, the American space station of the 1970s, only about 2.8 liters of water was used each time an astronaut took a shower.
xVAv7 TIL that some of the retired Concordes have a pilot's hat permanently trapped in the cockpit, inserted during the final flight into a gap that opened up at high speed, but closed again as the fuselage cooled.
kJ0DE Today I Learned about Project Orion, a project that employed Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, had the potential to travel up to 11% the speed of light, and was shelved in the 1960's.