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TIL at a shareholder meeting, a representative suggested Apple could have greater ROI by canning accessibility features. Tim Cook responded, “When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don’t consider the bloody ROI"

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W7wLA TIL Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time, with more revenue than Star Wars and the MCU combined.
yQXnX TIL Paranormal psychic believers and skeptics showed no differences on tasks of memory distortion, autobiographical memory distortion, or working memory capacity. But skeptics consistently outperformed believers on several tasks tapping analytical or logical thinking as well as vocabulary.
4aLw TIL that Dubai once tried to outlaw the oldest profession (Prostitution) back in the 70’s and then all the prostitutes went to their banks and withdrew their money before leaving the country – which almost resulted in the collapse of that bank and the economy at the time.
DMLJ TIL scientists believe intelligent aliens (when we find them) will likely be huge due to the lower gravitational field found in most planets capable of sustaining life.
nevDd We’ve seen people on skateboards and motorcycles loop the loop many times. Damian Walter is the first human to do it on foot. To run it without falling, you need to reach the right speed; then, centrifugal forces will keep you locked on the track. Note how his shoulder line stays dead centre of the loop. For this particular one, Damian needed to accelerate up to 8.65 mph in the highest point to be able to gain enough inertia as to rotate his body and legs around his head fast enough, so when gravity finally wins, he’s already feet down on the track.