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TIL a working flying car was made in 1949. The reason it was unsuccessful was due to a lack of demand.

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X0JgQ TIL Rockstar hired real-life gang members and ex-convicts in GTA V to voice some of the characters. They also gave them the freedom to improvise the script and say what they would say in real life, to make the dialogue more realistic and authentic.
kx1d TIL that 62% of bankruptcies in the US are due to medical bills. Almost 4 out of 5 of these people HAD health insurance but bankrupted regardless because of co-payments, deductibles, and uncovered services.
0daVR TIL On the 1955 Episode of "This Is Your Life" in which Hiroshima survivor Kiyoshi Tanimoto, thinking he was doing a straight interview, is instead treated to a surprise meeting with the man who piloted the Enola Gay, Capt. Robert Lewis, co-pilot and aircraft commander.
Wk5EX TIL what a Hanker Sore was.
MmZ0 TIL at the age of 17 Bill Hicks’ parents took him to a psychologyst, who, at the end of the session, told him “it’s them, not you”.