Koenfucius

The first single seater racing car also had another unintentional first (even though it was not remotely functional, nor intended to be). Just the kind of anecdote for Dave Trott to recommend leaving room for happy accidents: https://davetrott.co.uk/2026/07/leave-room-for-happy-accidents/

Prior exposure effects (~illusory truth effect, by which belief in statements increases through repetition) increase with age—the most for those in the oldest cohort (60+)—especially for false news, research by Ben Lyons suggests:
https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/older-americans-are-more-vulnerable-to-prior-exposure-effects-in-news-evaluation/