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TIL Not only does Eminem not know how to work a computer, he refuses to learn. "If I learn how to work a computer, I'm going to be on that b**** all day looking at comments about me, and it's going to drive me crazy." His manager says anytime he reads a review it affects him for a long time.

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GYDp7 TIL that US sailors captured by North Korea, were flipping the middle finger in photos to protest the propaganda on their treatment. The North Koreans for months photographed them without knowing the real meaning of the finger, while the sailors explained that the sign meant good luck in Hawaii.
M7VeA TIL it's unknown for sure what William Shakespeare's life was like between the ages of 21-28 (1585-1592), from before he was a playwright in London. Speculation has ranged from him becoming a country schoolmaster, to becoming a soldier, to using London as an escape from punishment for poaching deer.
OBK1 TIL there’s a tree in South Africa that has a bar inside it.
Z8J6Y TIL the Soviet Government banned Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin from space flight after another Cosmonaut died in a crash, fearing the political impact his death would have. Gagarin requested that he be able to fly regular aircraft, which the government granted. He died five weeks later in a plane crash.
04G5 TIL the final design for Chewbacca was based on an illustration for a 1975 novelette by George R.R. Martin