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TIL Volvo invented the three point seat belt and then gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it

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nWmPd TIL the Choose Your Own Adventure books were invented by a single father and a lawyer named Edward Packard. He came up with the idea while telling bedtime stories to his kids
x66aw TIL that one of the most elite army units in ancient Greece consisted exclusively of gay male couples, making them fight harder because they knew that their partner would likely die as well if they lost the battle
Ve84 TIL Colorado’s two tallest mountains are so close to each other in height that fans of each mountain would repeatedly pile up rocks to try and make their preferred mountain taller.
xVpQk TIL: of Josephine Myrtle Corbin she was born with four legs and two sets of genitals. She could move all 4 but only walk with 2. She had 2 functioning sets of reproductive organs and was able to successfully carry three pregnancies on the right side and the other two on the left.
7rBLb TIL the Five Love Languages. It outlines five different general ways that romantic partners express and experience love, which Chapman calls "love languages". They are acts of service, gift-giving, physical touch, quality time, and words of affirmation.