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TIL that Steve Jobs never wrote a single line of programming code.

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RAy4 TIL The word “Goodbye”, an English parting phrase used in the West, is a contraction of “God be by ye”.
wYlJ TIL Geffen Records expected Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ to sell around 250,000 copies. It was released in September 1991 and by 1992 it was already selling around 300,000 units a week. It has since sold over 30 million copies.
kON1e TIL the WHO runs a diagnosis database that is so detailed, it has its own code (V91.07) for patients being injured because their water skis caught on fire.
0w9BR TIL Spartacus led his escape from his ludus/slavery by gathering about 70 slaves who seized kitchen utensils to fight their way free. They then seized several wagons of gladiatorial weapons and armor. They defeated legions that chased after them and eventually swelled their numbers to about 70,000.
J1ar4 TIL The first CIA agent killed in the line of duty got killed partly because the American government failed to notify the Tibetan government of their arrival, and partly because he was disguised as a Kazakh, who were on hostile terms with the Tibetans.