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TIL Ashton Kutcher tried steve jobs diet when getting into character for the JOBS movie and ended up in the Hospital because it messed up is pancreas levels… Steve jobs died of Pancreatic Cancer

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6EOPJ TIL the worlds biggest operator of luxury cruises emitted more sulphur dioxides than all of Europes cars...multiplied by ten.
R5VRj TIL the University of New Hampshire received millions in bequest from the frugal librarian, the late Robert Morin, who served the institution for many years. $1 million from the said funds was utilized to acquire a scoreboard for the freshly-constructed football stadium.
MpjV TIL Margaret Thompson was the first woman to win an Olympic medal in a shooting sport (silver) in 1976 after tying with the gold medal winner. When the Olympic committee refused a shootoff, the gold medalist pulled Thompson onto the gold medal platform with him.
rmgM TIL The oldest parachute design appears in an anonymous manuscript from 1470s Renaissance Italy (over 400 years before the airplane), showing a free-hanging man clutching a cross bar frame attached to a conical canopy. As a safety measure, four straps run from the ends of the rods to a waist belt.
wLLX8 TIL that the time difference between the release date of GTA: San Andreas (2004) and now is longer than the time difference between the release date and the time the plot was set in (1992)