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TIL Most modern handcuffs in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Latin America can be opened with the same standard universal handcuff key.

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Y7LOB TIL that in the last 10 years, Florida has had more shark attacks than the rest of the states combined (242), yet no fatalities.
e0LxL TIL prior to the Segway being unveiled in 2001 there were months of hype and fanciful predictions. Steve Jobs predicted future cities would be designed around it and others claimed it would be the most important invention since the computer. There was even speculation it was a teleportation pod.
GKZJ TIL: NPR’s Car Talk stopped in 2012, but have enough material to broadcast for eight more years
WkAwX An out-of-control human peptide called bradykinin could be responsible for some of the varied and sometimes deadly symptoms seen in people who have contracted the coronavirus. We already have drugs to control bradykinin, which are being tested as treatments for people with covid-19.
nPvG TIL that Google is under investigation in France for “aggravated financial fraud and organised money laundering” of €1,600,000,000.