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TIL that Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, then gave the invention away for free. They decided it was too important of an invention to keep to themselves.

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nKPb TIL that in Russia, there is a group of boys who attempt to force traffic regulations in Russia, which can vary from blocking cars driving on sidewalks, to placing stickers on cars who park in illegal spot to. The group is called Stop a Douchebag
mE1M TIL after the release of ‘Top Gun’, the US Navy stated the number of young men who joined wanting to be Naval Aviators went up by 500 percent.
0wZZR TIL there was once an underground network of pneumatic mail delivery tubes in New York City. Each tube could carry between 400 and 600 letters and traveled at 30-35 miles per hour.
kODD1 TIL we can’t see green stars (because of how black-body spectrum works)
yeWX TIL that Bud Welch, whose daughter was killed in the OK City Bombing, found himself able to forgive Timothy McVeigh after meeting McVeigh’s father and realizing that he too was about to lose a child.