Good Idea: Know how to limit your online footprint

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-be-more-anonymous-online/

TIL that Gasoline is produced differently in summer and winter, which is why gas prices drop so steeply during the winter. [source, comments]

Today I learned, French automaker Citroën, sabotaged wartime Nazi truck production by moving the notch on the oil dipstick down. The engines would not have the correct amount of oil and prematurely fail. [source, comments]

TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive. [source, comments]

TIL that when his production company could not afford a major star for his first western, director Sergio Leone hired a man with no name at the time in Hollywood and commented about him that he “had two expressions: with hat and no hat“ - Clint Eastwood. [source, comments]

TIL of the Bouba/Kiki Effect. When people are asked to assign the name "Bouba" or "Kiki" to two amorphous shapes —one round & one spiky— they strongly tend to choose Bouba for the round one, and Kiki for the spiky. This has been robustly confirmed across a majority of cultures & languages worldwide. [source, comments]