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TIL that apple had one of their sounds be named sosumi (pronounced so sue me) because apple corps kept suing them for defying their rules.

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ORxg TIL Between 2005 and 2009, Americans’ retirement savings had shrunk by about $2.5 trillion. More than 8.8 million jobs were lost, and roughly 3 million homes had gone into foreclosure.
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