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TIL Steve Jobs presented the first Macintosh with a Japanese painting because he was inspired by Zen Buddhism and his love of Japanese cuisine, but there was another lesser-known facet of Jobs' interest in Japanese culture: he was an ardent fan and collector of shin-hanga, or modern woodcuts.

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1a00W TIL about the Young Pioneers, a mass youth organization of the Soviet Union for children of age 9–15 that existed between 1922 and 1991. In line with the Soviet doctrine of state atheism, "every Pioneer would set up an atheist's corner at home with anti-religious pictures, poems, and sayings"
49eR TIL Fatal familial insomnia is a neurodegenerative disease eventually resulting in a complete inability to sleep. Many patients go six to nine months without sleep, during which time they develop dementia and become unresponsive. Death follows
yQmBJ TIL McDonald's makes more revenue through being land owners and franchising, than through selling food. McDonald's typically owns the land that franchises have to build their restaurants on, so they collect rent, as well as franchise fees, from their franchises.
jNXbM TIL about Deer Avenger, a game series from the 90s where you played as a deer who shoots hunters
j66LR TIL; in the 1970s there were four "Airport" disaster movies. In real life, all the planes went back into passenger service. Eventually 3 of the planes crashed, including the Concorde which crashed outside of Paris in 2000, killing all 107 people on board.