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TIL modern cruise control was developed by an engineer frustrated by his lawyer who kept speeding up and slowing down the car as he talked

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R74Y7 TIL of the Ibrahim Prize. a $5 million payout plus $200,000 per year given to African leaders who were democratically elected and left office after their term was up as part of their criteria. For 7 of the 12 years it was offered, it was never awarded to anyone
m7JP TIL on the set of the ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ TV show, while the crew was moving a neon-orange mannequin prop, one of the mannequin’s arms broke off revealing it was a human body. The body was identified as Elmer McCurdy, a criminal who had robbed a train and died in a shoot-out with police.
epPjD TIL that activist Coretta Scott King babysat John Lithgow when he was a child
d0L9 TIL Yesterday, some Russians got the day off to procreate, in celebration of the annual “Day of Conception”. Couples that give birth exactly nine months later get a prize:
MZ9a TIL NBA player Steven Adams is the youngest of 18 children, all boys avg height 6'9 and the girls avg 6'0 and one sister Olympic Gold Medalist Shotput