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TIL that I can use my cruise control set and resume to increase/decrease speed.

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ANYEn TIL that chemotherapy can be traced back to the sinking of an Allied ship secretly carrying chemical weapons in WW2
6oxY TIL most road vehicles are slightly cross castered and cambered so in the event of steering loss, the vehicle will want to go to the shoulder instead of oncoming traffic
KOawQ TIL that the World’s first speeding ticket was given to Walter Arnold in Kent for going at 8 mph on a road with a 2mph speed limit.
d8OXd TIL that statisticians, Ruth O'Brien and William Shelton, tried to make standardized U.S clothing sizes for women in the 1940s by measuring 15,000 women. They came up with a three part sizing system due to the diversity in body shapes. It was rejected because it was too difficult for manufacturing.
pKLZ TIL in a study on the appeal of chocolate, it took researchers 1 year to find 11 men who don’t like chocolate