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TIL a whistleblower said that Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' on Siri recordings and have even heard drug deals, medical details and people having sex

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ANXno TIL 20th US president, James Garfield, didn't want to be a candidate. When he got his first votes, he challenged it by saying without his consent, he should not be receiving votes, but he was dismissed. After winning the nomination, Garfield looked "pale as death". He was assassinated a year later
x6EL1 TIL it’s entirely legal to eat dog and cat meat in Canada, there’s even a company in Toronto that sells dog meat called Elwood’s Organic Dog Meat
PYOlJ TIL When President Jimmy Carter told a joke during a speech in a college in Japan it was greeted with uproarious laughter. When he asked why the joke had gotten such a response, the Japanese interpreter replied: “I told the audience, ‘President Carter told a funny story; everyone must laugh.’ ”
0dXw5 TIL: Humans and bananas share about 40 to 60 percent of the same DNA
BrNkD TIL 40% of Americans can't come up with $400 in an emergency