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TIL - In 1936 there was a serious proposal to build two helicoidal ramps on the side of the Eiffel Tower to allowed visitors to get to the second level without ever leaving their car. (377ft high above the ground)

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0wpYv Today i learned that if we could power a smartphone with gasoline, one drop of it has enough energy to run the phone for an entire day. A gallon of gasoline would last for 20 years.
nw19 TIL in a world first, Dubai has successfully relocated a coral reef in an attempt to save it from infrastructure development. The project cost more than $9.8m and has been deemed a success since the coral reef grew 20% in size
xVdN1 TIL that there is a gene that leads to near-sightedness when children begin reading at a young age. Over 44 percent of adults in the US are now nearsighted, up from 25 percent in the 1980s.
9wk16 TIL that the music video for Erasure's 1988 song "A Little Respect" features the logo for Depeche Mode's 1987 album "Music for The Masses" (2:52). Vince Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode, but left in 1981 to form Yazoo, then Erasure.
nZG7 TIL modern Westerners tend to have a lifelong attraction to fire because they don’t learn to start, maintain, and master fire during childhood. However, in cultures where fire is used as a tool from a young age, interest in it wanes around age 7.