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TIL that Volvo invented most important safety device ‘Three point seat belt’. Volvo could have netted a fortune on patents alone but gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it as free life saving tool than something to profit from.

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4kBQX TIL that Chien-Shiung Wu, a Chinese-American physicist, made critical contributions to the Manhattan Project during World War 2. Her experiments disproving the law of conservation of parity in weak nuclear interactions, known as the "Wu experiment," earned her the nickname "the First Lady of Physics
e0nlD TIL of Silas Soule, an abolitionist who, among other accomplishments, was present at the Sandy Creek Massacre where he refused to order his men to fire. He testified at Congress against his commanding officer and was murdered soon after, likely as a result of his testimony.
OE41 TIL since 2001 astronomers have detected 11 high frequency radio signals, which share an underlying mathematical pattern that defies explanation as naturally occuring phenomena.
yQx6V TIL after Disneyland's success, NBC invited Walt Disney to build his 2nd theme park near Secaucus, New Jersey not far from NYC. Walt found out the NJ climate would not allow a year-round park, and Roy Disney suggested putting "some method of controlling the weather – a vast dome or some such thing."
X0rpE TIL: Famous HBCU Howard University was founded by and named for Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a civil war hero and abolitionist who fought for the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction.