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

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vP8gL TIL that Eminem was offered the lead role in the film "Elysium" but reportedly turned it down, leading director to instead cast Matt Damon.
VMPLB TIL that one of Oklahoma's most notable landmarks came into being, literally by accident. A cement truck rolled over on its side on Winganon Road years ago, and because the mixer was full of concrete and too heavy to move, it has since been turned into a faux NASA space capsule by artists.
JPAl TIL mosquitoes survive being hit by a raindrop, even though it is 50 times their weight and would be like a bus hitting a human. This is the “highest ever recorded acceleration that animals have survived.”
nj7W TIL that scientists don’t know why hot water freezes faster than cold water, and earlier this year The Royal Society of Chemistry offered £1,000 for a member of the public to come up with a convincing explanation for the phenomenon.
5P8p TIL prior to 1868, eating meat from four legged animals had been prohibited in Japan for more than a thousand years.