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TIL Joss Whedon wrote 98.9 percent of the dialogue for the movie Speed, uncredited

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JYR0V TIL modern cruise control was developed by an engineer frustrated by his lawyer who kept speeding up and slowing down the car as he talked
0wWAA TIL that the stolen body of U.S. politician John Scott Harrison was discovered at the Ohio Medical College by his son and nephew, who were there looking for the body of their cousin whose grave robbery had been discovered in the cemetery the day before... at John Scott Harrison's burial.
OGMR7 TIL Steven Spielberg filmed both Jurassic Park and Schindler's List in the same year, 1993. For help, Spielberg asked George Lucas to finish post production sound on Jurassic Park and the film won best sound at the Academy Awards.
8aOV TIL in Google earth there is a flight simulator. just press CTRL + Alt + A
XEGmj TIL that before he broke into comedy, Phil Hartman was a graphic designer, and created numerous iconic album covers and logos