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TIL speed cameras were patented before most people had even seen a car

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XBB6 TIL that 50.9% of fraud is caught due to someone giving a tip
b9jwN TIL: how bullets are made.
4X016 TIL "Six unelected individuals in Silicon Valley imposing their vision on the rest of the world, unaccountable to any government and acting like they’re above the reach of law. “It’s like we’re living in the Roman Empire and Mark Zuckerberg is Caesar. At least that would explain his haircut.”
PYWNZ TIL that Leonard Adleman said "Well, it's going to be the least important paper I've ever been on" when accepting to be a part of development of the RSA algorithm.
EpKV TIL AIDS denialist Christine Maggiore who refused to treat her own HIV or take any drugs that would prevent her from passing HIV to her daughter through pregnancy or breastfeeding died of AIDS…. 3.5 years after her daughter died… of AIDS.