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TIL that "Merry Christmas" was the first message sent by SMS on 3 December 1992.

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B0Vk TIL Apple got the idea of a desktop interface from Xerox. Later, Steve Jobs accused Gates of stealing from Apple. Gates said, “Well Steve, I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”
j6rkp TIL reheating rice can cause food poisoning.
rRa4o TIL in the original novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Dorothy wore silver shoes. They used Ruby slippers in the movie to take advantage of the new Technicolor film.
R7LV1 TIL “cat zoomies” have a technical name: Frenetic Random Activity Periods or FRAPs. FRAPs are a surprising and sometimes alarming (especially in the middle of the night), yet completely normal, cat behavior
8veP TIL a Swedish diplomat jumped on top of a train filled with Jews bound for Auschwitz and handed out Swedish passports down through the doors as German soldiers ordered him down and fired into the air around him. He then demanded the Germans release them and took them to safety.