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TIL In 1959, Volvo invented the 3-point seat belt, then gave free license to all other car manufacturers to use it. [x-post from r/Autos]

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d8r4d TIL 17-year-old Kenny Loggins wasn't going to be able to record his song "House at Pooh Corner" because Disney was enforcing their copyright to Winnie the Pooh. Upset, he mentioned this to his girlfriend, only to find out her dad was the president of Disney– he soon got permission.
RWQ7 TIL - A hacker in the 70’s (John Draper) found that a toy whistle in the cereal Cap'n Crunch blew at the same frequency that was used by AT&T long lines to indicate that a trunk line was ready the route a new call, essentially allowing him to make free long distance calls.
ap7N TIL studies have unsuccessfully tried to kill dogs by overdosing on marijuana.
Z8nAp TIL of Krystyna Skarbek, a Polish women who became the first female field operative of the British secret service. She was also an inspiration of Ian Fleming’s character Vesper Lynd, of the famous James Bond novels.
1aw8X TIL “Licensed to Ill” by the Beastie Boys was originally going to be named “Don’t be a Fagot” but Columbia wouldn’t allow it