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TIL that Douglas Adams, beloved creator of the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" series, wrote his own epitaph: "He finally met his deadline."

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LVpV TIL a boy scout created a hazardous radioactive site in his backyard while trying to build a nuclear reactor using household items, and was arrested in 2007 for stealing 16 smoke detectors, which contain radioactive material.
EBpx TIL Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt and gave the patent away to save lives.
E1Mn0 TIL world-renowned behaviorist B.F. Skinner worked with the US military and General Mills to create “Pigeons in a Pelican,” which involved training kamikaze pigeons to pilot a missile by pecking at it.
b66Np TIL about Draisines: pedal-powered rail-cycles. They are used for recreation on unused railway lines in Europe, South Korea & the USA. In the United States, tours have operated in several states nationwide: CA ME, OR & the Adirondack Mountains (NYS). They used to be used for railway maintenance.
lo0o1 TIL that Russia had Volga Finns historic group as its core, and not Slavs like Kievan Rus-Ukraine