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TIL that in the 1930s laws were proposed in Massachusetts and St. Louis to ban car radios out of fear that they would distract drivers and cause accidents or even lull a driver to sleep.

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PYxKw TIL Despite being a trained Broadway singer, Matthew Broderick only voiced the speaking role of adult Simba in “The Lion King” (1994). Simba’s singing voice was provided by Joseph Williams, the lead singer of Toto.
4g7b TIL that German chocolate cake isn’t German; it’s named after an American chocolate maker named Sam German who developed the dark chocolate originally used in the recipe.
VrJ8 TIL Physics dictate that unless otherwise contained a river will never flow straight for a distance greater than 10 times its width. It has to do with the center flowing faster and the friction induced by the banks.
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