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TIL Steve Jobs has no public record of giving to charity

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Zp9OD TIL Coca-Cola's Simply Orange Juice is made by an algorithm known as the Black Book. Oranges are divided by source, type, sweetness, acidity, etc. flash pasteurised and then combined with flavour packages according to the black book algorithm to have a consistent taste countrywide and year round.
1n0r TIL that Yelp manipulates user reviews to give favorable ratings to businesses that pay them ad fees, and to “punish” businesses that don’t.
E4rd TIL Bob Barker is Macklemore’s step grandfather
v1eLj TIL that wasabi is so expensive and difficult to grow, that almost all of it on the market is in fact dyed horseradish.
b6p8E TIL that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first album to print the song lyrics on the back of the sleeve.