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Z8eYv TIL that there are two KENWOOD companies, KENWOOD Limited (UK) that makes kitchen appliances and KENWOOD Corporation (JP) that makes mainly audio equipment, and that they have no relation to each other
GYny4 TIL in 1989 the Oakland A's Accounting Department was freaking out over a $1M surplus. Turns out, Ricky Henderson framed his $1M signing bonus cheque and hung it on his wall without cashing it.
xLZB TIL “&” used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet. The name ampersand comes from the fact that early 1800s school children reciting their ABCs concluded with “&” by saying “X, Y, Z, and per se and” (“per se” means “by itself”)
6JVJ TIL The first ever Windows Computer Virus was created by two Pakistani Brothers to fight against software piracy. The virus destroyed memory, slowed the hard drive and hid a short copyright message in the boot sector.
KOleG TIL all human males' paternal ancestor (their father's father's father...) converge on a single man who lived around 200 thousand years ago. The most divergent lineages are found in tribes in Cameroon, suggesting the man lived around there