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TIL Disney was planning to buy Twitter but then decided to cancel the deal because of the “nastiness” on the social media platform.

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mxXRM TIL Steve Jobs' best selling biography was released 19 days after his death. He encouraged people to speak honestly about him and asked for no control over its content other than the book's cover. He waived the right to read it before it was published
awDgM TIL when you flush the toilet a plume of fecal matter covers the air and everything around including the walls, shower, toothbrush, towels and the best way to prevent the toilet plume is to close the lid every flush
PY8NO TIL A man named Brian Randolph was sentenced to 45 months to 25 years in prison after robbing a bank to pay for his daughter's chemo treatment after his insurance was abruptly canceled
loAMK TIL the inventor of the floating bullcock and the U-bend plumbing trap, both of which enhanced early flushing toilets, was named Thomas Crapper. His surname is not responsible for the term Crap referring to feces, despite his history of toilet innovation.
rNKkW TIL Corinthian Leather is just a marketing term invented by a Chrysler PR firm in the 70s