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TIL Steve Jobs didn't let his kids use iPads. "“They haven’t used [the iPad]...We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”

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pYNQ TIL that Granite is found exclusively on Earth, with no other body in the solar system containing granite.
W7En4 TIL Champion was the first brand to create the ‘hoodie’ all the way back in 1938.
aeMN TIL the word “panic” comes from the Greek woodland god Pan who was believed to be the source of mysterious forest sounds that would caused contagious, groundless fear in animals and humans alike
V9oG Today I learned that there is a nuclear power plant in Arizona on 4000 ac.², it employs 2055 workers, generates 35% of all the electric energy in Arizona, and it is the only nuclear power plant in the world that is not built next to a body of water.
NDbE TIL that hitting a punching bag does not produce a cathartic effect: It increases rather than decreases subsequent aggression.