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TIL Steve Jobs has no public record of giving to charity

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Y7REP TIL, that the Congressional Apportionment Amendment is an unratified constitutional amendment still pending from 1789. It's the earliest of six unratified amendments. It would have mandated that the number of house representatives increase with population.
neQGB TIL The Germans possessed the largest calibered rifled weapon ever used in combat. It was a railway mounted artillery gun that weighted 1.3 million kilograms (3 million pounds) and was capable of firing a 7,000kg (15,000lb) shell 47 kilometers (29 miles). It was destroyed by the Germans in 1945.
neLKW TIL Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code, generated criticism when it was first published for inaccurate description of core aspects of Christianity and descriptions of European art, history, and architecture. Even with negative reviews and protests, the book is one of the highest selling books ever
wLMyY TIL Symptoms of Dehydration and its definition
LQjaP TIL Elizabeth Greenhill (1615-1679) and her husband William Greenhill had 39 children together (32 daughters & 7 sons). All were single births save one set of twins, which is unusual as the most common cause of such a large number of children, hyperovulation, typically manifests as multiple births.