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TIL that the "gas pedal" (accelerator) on modern car engines actually first controls the amount of airflow, and then the ECU decides how much gas/petrol is injected.

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lKJG TIL that in 1956, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke (author of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’) discovered the underwater ruins of an ancient temple in Sri Lanka while scuba diving.
8aQWV TIL the community of Innisfill in Ontario, Canada is subsidizing Uber instead of developing a transit system. To date, the plan is saving the community money and they are looking to expand the pilot.
KVG9 TIL that the New Horizons space probe to Pluto is actually powered by Plutonium.
e0K45 TIL that prior to the passing of the Clean Water Act in 1972 it was not uncommon for rivers in the US to catch fire, the Cuyahoga fire in Cleveland is just the most famous
LYgP TIL that Comcast sued and lost to stop a city from building its own fiber network, Comcast was then forced to upgrade it’s own services.