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TIL Apple ships their products in unmarked trucks for security purposes.

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pGWN TIL Google donated 5 million dollars to a program that uses drones to track poachers in Africa and Asia.
xM7w TIL over 3500 unpublished whistleblower communications, including the US government’s No Fly List, 5 GB of Bank of America leaks, and insider information from 20 right-wing organizations were once in possession of Wikileaks…until the files were destroyed by the departing spokesperson.
6blZ TIL the sale of alcohol was banned in Samoa for 3 days so they could change from driving on the right, to driving on the left.
0yly TIL that in 1955, Miles Davis had surgery to remove polyps on his larynx and was told not to talk for 2 weeks.During that time, he got into an argument with an executive and heard his voice fade to a croak in mid-tirade, damaging his vocal cords giving him his raspy whisper that he became known for.
X8rD TIL Judy Garland was put on a diet while filming The Wizard of Oz. The diet consisted of chicken soup, coffee and 80 cigarettes a day. She was 16 years old.