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TIL John Deere forces farmers to pay for expensive repairs due to their proprietary software, and refusal to let farmers self repair their own equipment with open source tools

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ne4jb TIL of Albert Anastasia who at 19 killed a coworker in a fight and was sentenced to death. He won a retrial on a technicality and was freed when no witnesses reappeared. He then became one of America’s deadliest mobsters personally murdering at least 1,200 people and ordering the deaths of 10,000+.
wo67Y TIL all 3 children of french striker Antoine Griezmann were born on the same date but different years
MeMR7 TIL Property owners segregated Charlotte, SC to prevent the poorer white and black communities from banding together against socioeconomic inequality
W6yA TIL that 50 Cent has set a goal of feeding 1 billion people in Africa by 2016.
YW0A TIL that 68 people suffering from tinnitus (ringing in the ears) actually had their auditory nerves cut to stop the ringing, and more than half of them reported the ringing didn’t change - or got worse.