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TIL that there is no completely average human, When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages

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Oopm1 TIL Volkswagen put out an electric car in 1984 called Golf citySTROMer. It had a range of 50 KM and a top speed of around 100 KM/h. Only 100 exemplars were ever produced until production ceased in 1985. Trivia: the word "strom" in German means "current".
4Xlko TIL that constantly day dreaming and using it to distract from the real world is an actual mental illness called maladaptive daydreaming.
69Axw TIL about a woman who was paid a financial settlement of £4,250 after she was asked her age during a job interview with Domino's Pizza
D1olr TIL that the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, "Chernobyl's twin sister", was switched off in 2009 as part as an agreement with the EU towards Lithuania's admission into the union. As a result, Lithuania lost 70% of their energy supply.
b6OVQ TIL: The one-shot manga "Shiroi Heya no Futari" (1971) by Ryoko Yamagishi is considered to be the first yuri (girls' love) manga.