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TIL Volvo decided to release the patent for the three-point seatbelt because they believed the lives it was likely to save was more significant than profit

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9wYKr TIL about a "remittance man," who were young British emigrants paid by their families to live outside of Britain, usually in Canada or the U.S., on the expectation that they not return home. This practice began in the 1880s and continued well into the early 20th century.
vPKlx TIL The actor who played Lorne on the TV Series Angel died at the age of 33 through complications from a dental infection, the infection spread to his heart.
9wJJM TIL hat Richard Pryor's off-screen drug issues cost both him and Gene Wilder a major success. They were originally set to star as the leads in Trading Places
OG8Zg TIL that the oldest known place name sign is over 5,000 years old and marks the 'Domain of the Scorpion King Horus'
ne8xr TIL of the Winsor Hum, a mysterious, low-pitched noise that has plagued residents of Windsor, ON since 2011. No one fully knows its origin.