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TIL modern vehicular cruise control was invented by a blind inventor and mechanical engineer, Ralph Teetor due to being frustrated by his driver's habit of speeding up and slowing down as he talked.

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rRA5x TIL of the “availability heuristic,” by which people judge the likelihood of events based on the number of times they hear about them. Explains why many people are pessimistic about the world given the amount of media coverage available, which favors bad news.
VWRZ TIL That between 1958-1961, China’s attempt to socialize the country and implement agricultural collectivization resulted in an estimated 18 million to 45 million deaths from famine and murder, a considerably higher number than even the Holocaust.
DQOpg TIL that due to a bad hand cramp, Tina Weymouth was unable to play bass on the studio recording of the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love". One of the studio engineers had to take her place.
BrwKy TIL the "ultimate parasitic ant" spends most of its adult life clinging to the back of its host, laying two eggs every minute.
e0OO6 TIL Jim" Corbett fought Peter Courtney in 6 one-minute rounds at Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio. This small piece of Round 1 is all that remains and is the oldest surviving footage of a sport being filmed.also making this the first boxing knockout ever filmed