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TIL Film/TV director David Fincher has also directed many award winning music videos (including Madonna’s Vogue)

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Wo44 TIL a small investigation of “faux fur” trim on Tommy Hilfiger and Nordstrom items found that 24 out of 25 were real fur– of domestic cats and dogs (possibly stolen) and even wolves.
R5lbQ TIL Between 1975 and 2010, the population of India doubled to 1.2 billion, reaching the billion mark in 2000. India overtook China to become the most populous country at the end of April 2023. India's population stands at slightly over 1.428 billion, edging past China's 1.425 billion people.
jrmQ TIL that there is a “zip bomb” that expands to 107000000 times its original size when unzipped and can be used to bypass antivirus software.
LODP TIL Steve Jobs never donated any money to charity; at least not publicly.
9w8O7 TIL: Brendan Eich implemented the first prototype for JavaScript in 10 days, in May 1995.