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TIL the former CEO of Nissan fled Japan in 2019 by hiding in an audio equipment box

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Y7xvd TIL that Microsoft has its own version of Linux. CBL-Mariner is used by the company's Azure cloud computing service.
jNdKj TIL in 1994, 17 year old Rashida Jones (aka Ann Perkins in Parks and Rec) wrote an open letter addressing 2Pac's scathing remarks about her parents' interracial marriage. After working things out, he became friends with Rashida and her family, and went on to date Rashida's sister prior to his death.
KNn4 TIL that the “there are people starving in Africa so your suffering is invalid” argument has a name: Fallacy of relative privation
7rkZp TIL the average gamer is 34 years old and 72 percent are age 18 or older
dneZ TIL in 1894, London and New York were “drowning” in horse poop. It was estimated that within 50 years, London streets would be buried in 9 feet of poop and horse carcasses. But the invention of the automobile resolved the problem.