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TIL MIT lawyers did not patent turn-by-turn in-car navigation in 1989 because "This will never happen.. because the insurance companies won't allow it"

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OoaW4 TIL Henry Ford really hated jazz. He associated it with Jewish and black people, calling it "Monkey talk, jungle squeals, grunts and squeaks and gasps suggestive of calf love." To counter the popularity of Jazz, Ford poured tons of money into country music.
wLoVP TIL 8th President of the United States and first president to be born after the United States Declaration of Independence Martin Van Buren presidential pets where two tiger cubs given to him by the Sultan of Oman before Congress forced him to donate the tigers to the zoo.
LPy0 TIL dark chocolate (70% cacao or more) and cheese actually protect your teeth.
kO785 TIL that people who are around roaches often develop allergies, and thus can't drink pre-ground coffee as it contains ground roaches
M7PO7 TIL Since the World Chess Championship started in 1886, there has only ever been one instance of the title being won by a checkmate, back in 1929.