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TIL the first CEO of Apple was not Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak, but Michael Scott

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Z819G TIL that sea urchins will place rocks and other small objects on their bodies for protection from UV rays, inspiring aquarium enthusiast Wilson Souza to give his urchins tiny hats.
164PW TIL in 1991 a woman Michael Jordan had an ongoing affair with told him that she was pregnant with his kid. Multiple paternity tests proved this was false, but he paid her $250K to keep their relationship private. In 2003 her lawsuit against him that claimed he had agreed to pay her $5m was dismissed
nA09 TIL Galileo Galilei was finally charged and convicted by the Church more likely for ridiculing the Pope than for his heliocentrism viewpoint
PWGO TIL Portugal decriminalised the possession of all drugs for personal use in 2001. The reality is that Portugal’s drug situation has improved. Most notably, HIV infections and drug-related deaths have decreased, while the dramatic rise in use feared by some has failed to materialize.
pL4p TIL in one episode of The Golden Girls, Betty says “What if there’s only one of us left?” Ironically she’s the last surviving Golden Girl and the girls sit in the order of who dies first.