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TIL Germany has an electric highway (eAutobahn) that lets trucks draw power from overhead cables

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pYrA8 TIL: In 1991, Phil Lewis (Mr. Moseby on Suite Life) hit and killed Isabel Duarte, 21, with his vehicle while driving Three Times the legal limit. The actor's sentence was suspended due to Lewis's work after his arrest with a prison-based theater troupe that performed in jails, schools, and churches.
0w9g5 TIL that images from NASA's Lunar Orbiter in the '60s where hi-def even by today standards, but were published as grainy and low-res to hide US spying capabilities
VBL8p TIL The first computer virus, called 'Brain' took the world by storm in 1986. It was created by 2 brothers in Pakistan to protect their business from being stolen
PYg4w TIL Joe Arridy, a mentally disabled man, was executed for a murder he didn’t commit. Unable to comprehend his fate, he laughed & smiled as he entered the gas chamber. “No, no, Joe won’t die” he said to the warden.
78EoP TIL that needle-free 'virtually painless' injections are possible through laser technology.