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TIL that the iconic Lord of the Rings poster—one of the best-selling posters of all time—was drawn at the age of 17 by Jimmy Cauty, one half of The KLF.

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EYax TIL Tesla cars are only one gear. the electric powertrain (Nikola Tesla’s AC induction motor) is only the size of a watermelon and directly spins the back wheels without any driveshaft or transmission. you can break by releasing the gas pedal and that also recharges the battery (@ 22:39)
XEroD TIL Killer whales in the wild have not been responsible for a single human casualty.
x6lX7 TIL that the first kiss captured on camera was between two women in 1887 by Eadweard Muybridge (contrary to Edison’s ‘The Kiss’ film, widely accredited to being the first kiss on camera - 9 years later)
D1xyV TIL Douglas Adams came up with the title for The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field near Innsbruck with a copy of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to Europe. Looking up at the stars, he thought it would be a good idea for someone to write a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy as well.
Z8Pga TIL the train schedule in Tokyo is so reliable that if they run more than 5 minutes late, they issue a note to passengers to prove to their employers that it was the train's fault they were late to work