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TIL that Lemuel Cook (1759-1866) was one of the last verifiable surviving veterans of the American Revolutionary War and he had lived long enough to see the full duration of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

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BrJL TIL when Steve Jobs accused Bill Gates of stealing from Apple, Gates said, “Well, Steve, I think there’s more than one way of looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”
kJ5Gg TIL Roland Ratzenberger died in a F1 crash in 1994 measured at 500g—the highest g-force for a crash in F1. However, the very same weekend Ayrton Senna died and his death was overshadowed.
loZ8V TIL that samsung tests phone durability in a dedicated testing facility, which has a butt-shaped robot that’s designed to sit on Samsung phones over and over again to test durability and bending.
WwJX TIL, in U.S prisons, suicidal behavior (e.g., self-harm) while in solitary confinement is punished with more solitary confinement.
PYOpG TIL prohibition agent Izzy Einstein often gained access to speakeasies by asking "Would you like to sell a pint of whiskey to a deserving prohibition agent?" Everyone thought he was a comedian until he booked them.