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TIL NASA worked on the Toyota Prius to determine if the unintended acceleration problem from the late 2000s and early 2010s was a problem with the car's computer systems.

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epWeb TIL Johann Wolfgang von Goethe planned a stage sequel to Mozart's Magic Flute called "The Magic Flute Part Two."
p1LQ TIL that America’s nuclear arsenal stills runs off of 8 inch floppy disks
N78nJ TIL of the ancient Greek letter "digamma" (or "wau") that made a "w" sound. It used to begin, for example, the word "oinos" ("woinos"), which is Greek for "wine."
jNamX TIL About Col. Rick Rescorla who anticipated the 9/11 attack on the WTC and saved over 2,600 people by leading them out when it happened
j07E TIL men with noticeable bellies and higher BMIs last 7.3 minutes longer in bed than slimmer men