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TIL on his deathbed, Steve Jobs refused to wear his oxygen mask because he did not like the design of it

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b4XQ TIL Greyhounds have a 270-degree range of vision. They can see objects behind them and over ½ mile in front of them.
OGEZe TIL a group of three or more Pugs is called a “grumble”.
awVwA TIL: Bees are not supposed to die after they sting. They usually sting away as many times as they want but only die when they sting humans. This is because their barbed stinger cannot cope with fleshy human skin, tearing away their abdomen when they try to pull away after stinging.
KOY4E TIL that in 2011 a fossil of a new genus species of Dinosaur called the Nodosaur was found in Canada with it's body mostly intact and its skin still on.