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TIL that you need to know how to use Windows in order to get a job with Apple.

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REr4 TIL: The Bali public holiday “Day of Silence” (Nyepi) requires all tourists to be imprisoned in their hotels for 24 hours. No one is allowed on the streets, and could be arrested by Traditional Police. All businesses including the airport, ATMs, and TV broadcasts are shut down.
jonp TIL that women have historically been barred from cooking sushi due to a superstition that their hands are too warm.
OoEy7 TIL that engineers in Germany created “Brain Driver,” a car that can be driven with thoughts alone. Brain Driver’s headset consists of 16 sensors that monitor electrical signals from the brain.
bpna TIL that Abraham Lincoln’s only living son Robert, was at both Garfield and McKinley’s assassinations but not at his father’s.
gMyaD TIL about Arlington House, which was owned by Robert E. Lee and Mary Custis Lee, the step-great-granddaughter of George Washington. It was seized and later returned by the government. Lee’s son then sold it to the government. Its grounds are now the site of Arlington National Cemetery.