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TIL that to disguise their pre-production cars, automakers specially design patterned vinyl wraps that "flatten" character lines of the vehicle, hiding its shape and design features from both eyes and cameras.

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XE4yE TIL Due to China’s early discovery and love of ceramics they didn’t produce any glass between the 14th-19th century. This meant they didn’t have mirrors and windows etc, leaving them behind in sciences, as they didn’t make lenses and other things fundamental to science.
wLRw6 TIL that a Serbian high-school biology textbook used a picture of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter in "Raising Arizona" on the cover from 1993 to 2001.
M7RM8 TIL the state of Michigan guarantees two free meals for all public school students
LQybQ TIL that the heaviest production car in history was the ZIL-41047 limousine used in Russia. It weighed It weighed 7,846 lbs (3,550 kg), and used 75 mm. (3 in) armor-plated steel for protection in key areas. This was used by president Mikhail Gorbachev till 1991.
vP1Z8 TIL that there are more trees on earth (3 trillion) than stars in the Milky Way (100-400 billion).