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TIL that because of his appalling personal hygeine, Steve Jobs was asked to work the night shift at Atari.

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GYAGE TIL that the DNA in ancient dental calculus is a fantastic reservoir for the oral microbiome, which tells us a lot about the behavior, health, and diet of ancient human beings.
oRw08 TIL that Eratosthenes paid a guy to walk 800 kilometers to a tower to measure the length of it’s shadow & that’s how we found out the earth was round.
BWlx TIL the record for most weight gained by an actor for a movie is held by Vincent D'Onofrio when he gained 70 pounds for his role of Private Pyle in Stanley Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket
0D4M TIL that during WWII, King Christian X of Denmark was one of the only rulers of an occupied country who refused to go into exile for his own safety. He took daily rides through Copenhagen unattended to show he was not afraid.
e0eNE TIL Mark Twain loved cats. Some reports say he owned as many as 32, he would write them into his stories, and would even rent them on vacation. He once wrote “When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.”