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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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R8p8 TIL the popular knock pattern, 5 knocks/pause/2 knocks, is called “Shave and a Haircut … Two Bits” and that the tune is highly offensive in Mexico.
rkWe TIL when Alexander the Great was a child, his tutor rebuked him for wasting so much incense during a sacrifice to the gods. Years later, Alexander conquered Gaza and sent back 18 tons of the spices to his old tutor with a note telling him not to be stingy with the gods.
o5yR TIL the Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before the year 2000.
Zpy8v TIL in 1993 Mattel's Barbie division accidentally released a Gay Ken doll. Despite being quickly recalled, it remains the best selling Ken doll of all time
l76Aa TIL that the HBO Feature Presentation intro song has an official full length version with lyrics