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TIL that the first Apple logo isn’t what you would think. Originally, it featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting beneath a tree, with an apple about to fall on his head. which read “Newton…A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought…alone”.

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G7n7 TIL that sociologist Diana C. Mutz discovered in her 2006 book Hearing the Other Side, those with the highest levels of education had the lowest exposure to people with conflicting points of view, while those who have not graduated from high school can claim the most diverse discussion mates.’
EOG7 TIL Audie Murphy, WWII highest decorated soldier, stood alone on a burning tank destroyer firing a machine gun at attacking German soldiers and tanks. Wounded and out of ammunition, Murphy climbed off the tank, refused medical attention, and led his men on a successful counterattack.
WB09 TIL in 2004 a 15 year old girl was bit by a bat she picked up. After showing signs of rabies a month later, doctors devised a last ditch experimental treatment that cured her. She is the first known person to have survived after showing rabies symptoms
nWJEr TIL that the term “gaslighting” comes from a 1938 thriller play called Gas Light, set in 1880s London, in which a husband tries to convince his wife she’s insane.
PWjJ TIL - At its MOST liberal estimate, the entire Jewish population of the world is smaller than the acceptable statistical error when approximating the population of China.