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TIL Steve Jobs was such a big fan of Sony, he wanted a partnership to run OSX on VAIO computers

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Xjbr TIL Comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks not only discovered Dave Chappelle, he also discovered Gene Wilder (The original Willy Wonka). He also served as a Combat Engineer in the Battle of the Bulge, defusing explosives, and set up his own loud speakers and sang to enemy propaganda loudspeakers.
4kl8a TIL about John Day, who attempted to dive to 130 feet in a wooden diving chamber in 1774. After a few hours, he had not resurfaced and was eventually declared dead. Day is the first recorded death in a submarine.
EKa7 TIL that 80% of the population of Czech Republic is non-religious or undeclared
j6Ngn TIL that a single ton of paper towels takes 17 whole trees and 20,000 gallons of water to make.
LkG50 TIL about the rather amusing story of the introduction of the ukulele to Hawaii in 1879.