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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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EgMyx TIL about Ättestupa, cliffs in Sweden where legend says elderly people in ancient Norse times would leap to their deaths in a ritual of senicide
5VV9P TIL two Brazilian spectators committed suicide in the stadium of the 1950 FIFA World Cup Final, after their team lost.
e08Yn TIL that the Yale Tablets contain the world's oldest recorded recipes that were written in 1700 BC. In 2018, a team recreated its recipe for beef stew.
Z8gWB TIL that, in 1973, America’s Army Material Command (AMC) ran a competition to name it’s new building. After receiving over 500 entries, a jury selected the winner: “AMC Building”
P1xng TIL in the film Titanic, it is not Celine Dion singing the first time audiences hear the theme for "My Heart Will Go On," it is instead a lyric-less version sung by Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø