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TIL that the company Waymo is owned by Alphabet Inc. the same organization that owns Google and others, along with former name of Waymo being "Google Self Driving Car Project".

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mxVyR TIL: Childless Atheist and author Ninon de l'Enclos left her money to the nine-year-old son of her accountant upon her death. This Nine-year-old would later be known as Voltaire
NXrX8 TIL that László József Bíró was a Hungarian inventor who patented the most commercially successful ballpoint pen also invented the automatic gearbox. He also at some point in his life, worked as a hypnotist, insurance salesman, book publisher and he also sold oil.
167yO TIL that the word “fragging” refers to a soldier’s deliberate or attempted killing of a fellow soldier, usually a superior. The term was coined by U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War, during which there were nearly 900 documented and suspected fragging incidents from 1969 to 1972.
0wB0R TIL that Alaska has the highest rate of serial killings at just over 7 per 100,000 people, while California has the highest number of serial killings overall, totaling 1,628 people.
dDnRQ TIL in the months after Kurt Cobain’s suicide, calls to suicide prevention lines in the Seattle area surged and suicides actually went down. Local media coverage was closely tied to messages about suicide prevention and mental health treatment.