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TIL in 1959, some of Volkswagen's cars made in that year had a built-in coffee maker on its dashboard

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Z8R0R TIL about Attarsiya, a military leader from what would become Greece, who lead an army against the Hittites, in the first recorded instance of European vs. Near Eastern war
j6K0X TIL that Eagles can see rabbits from two miles away as a distinct object, not just a blurry dot thanks to their large eyes that can take up more than 50% of their head and their retina with 5x more cells compared to humans.
WZWL TIL more people have been to the moon than to the bottom of the oceans deepest point (Mariana Trench)
KO5rw TIL in 1945, a bill was introduced to make nurses eligible for the draft because of the increased need for nurses during WWII. The bill failed, but more nurses ended up enlisting due to debate over the draft and due to the creation of simpler recruiting methods to help with the nurse shortage.
jmLv TIL in 2010 research was done to find the most effective promotion strategy for employers. For the control group they used random selection. Random won.