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TIL Volkswagen has designed a production car that has a fuel consumption of 0.9L/100km (260mpg)

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BrdaK TIL of the "Stormtrooper Effect" to describe how the hero shoots more accurately as he becomes outnumbered or increasingly desperate. Meanwhile villains miss more shots as they outnumber the hero.
PYPBO TIL Terry "Toto" the Terrier dog from Wizard of Oz made $125/week, more then any Munchkins on set
J1NE4 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger was going to play Kyle Reese in the 1984 film The Terminator
16gkP Today I learned Adolph Hitler is still alive and is a politician in Namibia (Btw the facts are fake but he is a real Namibian politician)
GM74 TIL that in 1984 a Beluga whale named Noc learned to warble in a human voice that was so convincing it fooled a diver into thinking someone was shouting at him to get out of the water!