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TIL that back in 2013, Xerox had scanners that would randomly change numbers after scanning a document.

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Bgryx TIL that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh had originally selected TCBY Tower (now Simmons Bank Tower) in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a possible bombing location, but changed his plans due to a florist shop on the first floor of the tower.
J46Q TIL that after Elon Musk’s wife told him “I am your wife, not your employee” due to him not treating her as an equal, he told her that “if you were my employee, I would fire you”
QYQX TIL: A woman with Type 1 diabetes underwent an islet cell transplant. Since the transplant, her glucose levels have remained at a healthy level, and she was taken off insulin and has no dietary restrictions. “She is like a nondiabetic person but requires antirejection drugs,”
yVrWV TIL that Suzanne Somers was fired from 'Three’s Company' for asking for equal pay with her male co-star, John Ritter, who was earning five times her salary.
WBKd TIL Fujitsu’s FACOM 128B(manufactured 1959), a computer that is the world’s oldest still in use.