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TIL that Samsung made the chips for Apple’s iPod Touch for its first 3 generations

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9w7ZX TIL R. Norris Williams survived the sinking of the Titanic clinging to an overturned lifeboat. The injuries to his legs were such the doctors aboard rescue ship suggested amputation. He refused and instead went on to recover his faculties and eventually winning the tennis Olympic gold medal in 1924.
Bry9b TIL After capturing Moscow, Napoleon expected Tsar Alexander to sue for peace. The Tsar procrastinated, then heard that Napoleon's army was suffering from lack of supplies: so the Tsar remained absent, & after a month Napoleon had to retreat through the winter, which destroyed his army.
GALAN TIL They developed and implemented Pacemakers powered by a Plutontum 238 source, people are still living with them til this day
5YM69 TIL that the most streamed Beatles song on music platforms is one performed by George Harrison (“Here Comes The Sun”)- not John Lennon or Paul McCartney - and that Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” is also the best-selling solo Beatles album
w9D8 TIL that Philadelphia Cream Cheese was created in Chester, NY but was branded “Philadelphia” because the city was known for quality cheeses of this kind