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TIL that Apple does not have a trademark on the “i” prefix.

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Zn7G TIL that the lead guitarist from the band Queen, Brian May, attained his PhD in 2005 in astrophysics, was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013, and worked with NASA on its New Horizons Pluto mission
Px6g TIL that The actors in Planet of the Apes were so affected by the make-up that when not shooting, the actors would automatically segregate with the species they were portraying.
5YOVR TIL Mt Everest was named after George Everest, whose name is pronounced EVE-REST, not EVER-EST.
EBP0 TIL there is a US Navy ship named after a mountain, which was named after a president: the USS Mount McKinley
epNLk TIL the largest safety recall in US history occurred because of defective Takata airbags that can deploy explosively and have killed at least 27 people & injured over 400. Overall, 67 million airbags in 42 million vehicles from 34 brands (mostly model years 2002-2015) have been recalled in the US.