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TIL Angola was a part of the Portuguese Empire for 400 years. 1575-1975

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N7JjN TIL New research shows that men tend to like most profiles on Tinder, while women only swipe right on the people they’re actually attracted to. Men are less likely to send messages: only seven percent of men who matched with a fake profile sent a message, compared with 21 percent of women
kJdR4 TIL That the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) doesn’t sanction a national championship for Division 1 FBS football.
WrML TIL that a middle school-er won an award for her science project, which found that on average 70% of the ice that comes from fast food restaurants is dirtier than toilet water.
B0Vk TIL Apple got the idea of a desktop interface from Xerox. Later, Steve Jobs accused Gates of stealing from Apple. Gates said, “Well Steve, I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”
1yyX TIL a blind man was kicked off a US Airways flight after his service dog repositioned itself several times during a 2 hour delay. The passengers demanded that he be let back on and the flight attendant responsible be kick off instead. The flight was eventually canceled.