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TIL Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, was so good at Tetris that Nintendo Power magazine eventually stopped publishing his high scores because he dominated the leaderboard.

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KYGEB TIL about Dan Rather, a journalist, saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in 1961. He created the first radar weather report, which helped initiate the evacuation of 350,000 people.
kMgB TIL: The French dip sandwich originated from Los Angeles, United States, where French refers to the style of bread and not the birthplace
LQoVv TIL that Stuart Little isn't a mouse, he's a normal boy in "every way except that he is only just over two inches tall and looks exactly like a mouse."
YdyA TIL Horace Wells, man who pioneered the use of laughing gas in dentistry, became so deranged after experimenting with chloroform that he poured sulfuric acid on 2 prostitutes. He committed suicide shortly after realizing what he had done.
GAVwQ TIL in the early 1900s, lead arsenate was the most widely used pesticide in the U.S. The USDA recommended it broadly and millions of acres were sprayed with it across the country to protect crops.