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TIL that Tool have a track called “Eggs of Satan”, written entirely in German and is actually a recipe for cookies.

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epaOD TIL the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, 40 km southeast of Inukjuak, Quebec, contained fossils that have been dated to 4,388 million years ago. If this is confirmed, it would make these microorganisms the oldest lifeform on Earth. The Earth is estimated to have formed 4.54 billion years ago.
XVQR TIL in 2012, Apple attempted to sue Samsung in the UK court system, lost, and was ordered to display advertisements on their website and billboards stating that Samsung had not infringed upon their rights.
v5wj TIL The doctor who claimed that there was a link between vaccines and autism lost his medical license for fraudulent data produced from a study.
9r5m TIL Bill Gates once unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes into a crowd at a tech conference. Displaying the need to eradicate malaria, he explained to the crowd “there is no reason only poor people should be infected.”
ZpEDB TIL the Linux man command used to print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30 as a joke referencing the ABBA song “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”. Added in 2011 as an Easter Egg, it went unnoticed until it broke automated tests, prompting its removal in 2017.