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TIL AA is more effective for becoming and maintaining sobriety than other interventions or no intervention at all

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Oo1NX TIL that the Soviet Union was issued a top-level internet domain just before its 1991 collapse. The domain was never deactivated and has since become a haven for cybercriminals due to its lack of regulation.
p8BnO TIL that Tesla Motors made all of their patents available to the open market in 2014 for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.
OoVPL TIL action movie star Steve McQueen was offered the leading role of Close Encounters by Steven Spielberg, but McQueen declined since he couldn't cry on cue. Spielberg offered to remove the scene but McQueen said it was the best part of the film.
Y78RP TIL that the first aircraft autopilot was developed in 1912. The autopilot connected a gyroscopic heading indicator and attitude indicator to hydraulically operated elevators and rudder. It permitted the aircraft to fly straight and level on a compass course without a pilot's attention
gd14 TIL Marco Polo did not introduce Italy to pasta via China. Durum wheat, and thus pasta as it is known today, was introduced by Arabs from Libya, during their conquest of Sicily in the 7th century, predating Marco Polo’s travels to China by about six centuries