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yVeWv TIL musician Rod Stewart spent 25 years constructing a massive model train set in his attic
nWK5o TIL about skeuomorphism, when modern objects, real or digital, retain features of previous designs even when they aren't functional. Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk 'save' icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera.
P9le TIL in 1978 pilot Frederick Valentich and his plane disappeared after being chased by a UFO. His last words were “the strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again. It is hovering and it’s not an aircraft.”
7rE4X TIL Some maniac scientists have created transgenic albino silkworm monstrosities which spin SPIDER silk. The idea is to weave it into bullet proof vests, surgical replacement ligaments, and super light aircraft. And for fighting crime, obviously.
Ooyog TIL, spiked dog collars were once used to protect shepherding dogs from wolf attacks. Wolves would first go for the throat.