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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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d8vpr TIL the schoolchildren who sang "we don't need no education" in Pink Floyd's song "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (1979) initially were not paid for their efforts. They were eventually given copies of the album, and the school received a £1,000 donation.
jNx4N TIL after Steve Jobs discovered a loophole that allowed a 6-month grace period before requiring a license plate on a leased car, Jobs would lease the same Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG every six months in order to avoid having a plate
BgJee TIL Prince died due to an overdose caused by counterfeit opioid pills containing fentanyl
Wk0WX TIL In 1955 Playboy published a story about straight men being persecuted in a world where homosexuality was the norm. After many angry letters, Hefner wrote a response to criticism where he said, "If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too."
DQn0r TIL that there is a type of bird called Secretary Bird which specializes in stomping their prey until it is killed or immobilized