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TIL that in 1964, Isaac Asimov speculated that by 2014, cars with "robot-brains" would drive us to our destinations without human assistance. Though he did predict the advent of the autonomous car, his belief that it would hover two feet above the ground failed to materialize.

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6gaX TIL that it’s illegal for kids 16 and under in South Korea to play video games past midnight
OMQ7 TIL a man in India created and patented a machine which could manufacture low-cost sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads and provided the machines to self-help groups run by women all over India.
NnPQ TIL that the Greeks started the tradition of putting candles on cakes. To honour the moon goddess Artemis, the round cakes symbolised the moon, and the candles were the moonlight