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TIL Steve Jobs was already trying to develop the iPad in 1983, saying what they want to do is "put an incredibly great computer in a book that you can carry around with you and learn how to use in 20 minutes" and that he hoped to sell it for under $1,000 within the decade.

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E1KLp TIL a man's testicles produce over 10 million new sperm cells each day, enough to repopulate the entire planet in only six months.
eR9g TIL Four months after approving the merger of Comcast and NBC in 2011, Meredith Attwell Baker, the FCC commissioner who approved the deal, was hired as a lobbyist by Comcast.
oBlx8 TIL that according to Lawrence Krauss, the atoms in our left hand probably originated in a different star (or even galaxy) from those in our right hand, as half the atoms in the Milky Way come from outside our own galaxy.
R7EBj TIL that "Pistol" Pete Maravich, the greatest college basketball scorer of all time, and NBA all-star, was born with one coronary artery, while the rest of us have two. He died while playing a pickup basketball game at age 40. At death his heart was scarred and enlarged from oxygen deprivation.
0d9Mp TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years.