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What practical application did figurines originally have on car radiators?

In early cars, the radiator cap was opened separately from the hood, and by its heating it was possible to judge the temperature of the coolant. The Boyce MotoMeter took out a patent and began installing thermometers on radiator caps that were visible to drivers. Car manufacturers saw them as an additional branding element - over time, the need for sensors disappeared, and stylized figures took root on the hoods of many models. Later, statistics were collected that the figurines increase the amount of damage to pedestrians in collisions. Some manufacturers, such as Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Benz, have not abandoned their placement, but have provided mechanisms that fold or pull the figures inward on a sharp blow.

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How many eyes does an eyeless big-eyed spider have?

a) No eyes.
b) There are no eyes, but they are large.
c) One big eye that doesn't work.
d) 144 eye-like warts.

He has no eyes.

The blind arachnid was first discovered in 1973, and the entire population lives in three impenetrable caves on the volcanic island of Kauai, which is part of the Hawaiian archipelago.

As is often the case with cave dwellers, the spider evolved without the need for vision, however, being a representative of the big-eyed spider family, it simply must be called "big-eyed" (that is, if its eyes did cut through, they would certainly be large).

Adults are comparable in size to a fifty pence coin. A friend-neighbor and at the same time the main food source of the eyeless big-eyed spider is the Kauai cave amphipod: a small crustacean resembling a blind translucent shrimp.

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