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Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

Alfred Hitchcock’s Wife Kept His Wax Head in the Fridge​

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The Aztecs didn’t call themselves Aztecs; they called themselves Mexica. The term "Aztec" was later popularized by European scholars in the 18th century, derived from Aztlán, the mythical homeland of the Mexica people.
 
Even with flight suit and gloves on, a pilot of the SR-71 could get burned by touching the front wind screen.
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Made of 1 1/4" quartz, the window could reach 600 degree temperatures at top speed. Without air conditioning, the pilot would be overheated. The plane got so hot that after landing there was a cool down period before ground crews could handle the aircraft.
 
The SR-71 environmental control system (ECS) capacity could cool 40 houses @ 1,500 square feet each.
 

The “Guinness Book of Records” was created to settle arguments in pubs.​

 
To trap their prey, velvet worms launch a slimy goo from their bodies that hardens into a glasslike solid within seconds.
 
The world’s first electric traffic signal is put into place on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 5, 1914.
In the earliest days of the automobile, navigating America’s roads was a chaotic experience, with pedestrians, bicycles, horses and streetcars all competing with motor vehicles for right of way. The problem was alleviated somewhat with the gradual disappearance of horse-drawn carriages, but even before World War I it had become clear that a system of regulations was necessary to keep traffic moving and reduce the number of accidents on the roads. As Christopher Finch writes in his “Highways to Heaven: The AUTO Biography of America” (1992), the first traffic island was put into use in San Francisco, California in 1907; left-hand drive became standard in American cars in 1908; the first center painted dividing line appeared in 1911, in Michigan; and the first “No Left Turn” sign would debut in Buffalo, New York, in 1916.

First electric traffic signal installed | August 5, 1914 | HISTORY
 
Valvoline is the first motor oil company. Dr. John Ellis, the inventor of a petroleum lubricant for steam engines, founded Valvoline in 1866, in Binghamton, New York, as the "Continuous Oil Refining Company". In 1868, Ellis renamed his Binghamton Cylinder Oil to the more memorable Valvoline...

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Pandora, in Greek mythology, the first woman. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, after Prometheus, a fire god and divine trickster, had stolen fire from heaven and bestowed it upon mortals, Zeus, the king of the gods, determined to counteract this blessing. He accordingly commissioned Hephaestus (a god of fire and patron of craftsmen) to fashion a woman out of earth, upon whom the gods bestowed their choicest gifts. In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Pandora had a jar containing all manner of misery and evil. Zeus sent her to Epimetheus, who forgot the warning of his brother Prometheus and made Pandora his wife. She afterward opened the jar, from which the evils flew out over the earth. Hope alone remained inside, the lid having been shut down before she could escape. In a later story the jar contained not evils but blessings, which would have been preserved for the human race had they not been lost through the opening of the jar out of curiosity. Pandora’s jar became a box in the 16th century, when the Renaissance humanist Erasmuseither mistranslated the Greek or confused the vessel with the box in the story of Cupid and Psyche.

Pandora | Myth & Box | Britannica
 
This little doo dad in my Bel Air has stumped a few classic car fans so far in my experience.
It is called a "traffic light viewer".
It allows the driver to view traffic lights overhead that are obstructed by the roof of the car.

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Here it is a little closer...

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PlymCrazy said:
This little doo dad in my Bel Air has stumped a few classic car fans so far in my experience.
It is called a "traffic light viewer".
It allows the driver to view traffic lights overhead that are obstructed by the roof of the car.

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Here it is a little closer...

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Well aware.
Usually you see those on cars (40s and 50s) with windshield visors.
I see them most often on lowriders. (They do seem to love their visors!)
 
PlymCrazy said:
This little doo dad in my Bel Air has stumped a few classic car fans so far in my experience.
It is called a "traffic light viewer".
It allows the driver to view traffic lights overhead that are obstructed by the roof of the car.

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Here it is a little closer...

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My friend showed me one in his 1957 Chev convertible, which also had factory fuel injection. You can still buy those viewers, nice ones with a magnetic base like this:
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Or this cheap suction cup version from Walmart.
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Four days of the week are named after Norse gods.​

The names Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday all have etymological origins in Norse mythology. Tuesday is named after Týr, the god of war and justice; Wednesday honors Odin, the “allfather” of the entire pantheon; Thursday received its name from Thor, the hammer-wielding god of thunder; and Friday is named after Frigg, the goddess of love and fertility. In Old Norse, these would be spelled Tysdagr, Óðinsdagr, Þórsdagr, and Frjádagr, respectively. The other three days of the week are named after Saturn (Saturday), the sun (Sunday), and the moon (Monday).
 

The Leaning Tower of Pisa Is a Big, Empty Tube​

 
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