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TIL That During the Cold War, This Man, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, Prevented A Nuclear War Which Would Have Caused Global Devastation With Unimaginable Numbers of Civilian Deaths.

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0w8b5 TIL people used to be afraid of operator-less elevators just like people are now afraid of driverless cars
R7Ky4 TIL the Lyre Bird can mimic car alarms, chainsaws, and camera shutters
mxDrv TIL British M16 Agents once hacked an Al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced all bomb instructions with cupcake recipes.
5YpGR TIL In the 1890s, electric bicycles were documented within various U.S. patents. However, in 1992 hardly any commercial electric bicycles were available and the terms E-Bike, power bike, pedelec, assisted bicycle, and power-assisted bicycle only became popular by 2001
7Q0L TIL in 2012 in an event dubbed the ‘Thrilla on the Hilla’ two Canadian politicans boxed eachother for charity.