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TIL that in 1999, the CEO of Sun Microsystems responded to increasing concerns about computer privacy by saying “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.”

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8aob8 TIL Mila Kunis was born in Ukraine and moved to this country not speaking any English. At age 14 she started playing Jackie Burkhart, lying about her age (the producers asked if if she was turning 18 and she simply said yes not indicating exactly when).
gMP6L TIL that the ‘adult colouring book’ craze has happened before, in 1820, Victorian England
xVaxB TIL pop stars like Justin Timberlake sing "may" instead of "me' because it gives the impression that their performance is more powerful that it actually is. The 2000s trend was an attempt to co-opt the signifiers of intensity without actually needing to use them.
bRGN TIL Kraftwerk thanked Coldplay for asking if they could use one of their riffs by saying something like: ‘Yes, you can use it, and thank you very much for asking my permission, unlike that bastard Jay-Z’
W7VdY TIL you shouldn’t eat more than 5 Brazil nuts in a day. They contain selenium, which can cause gastrointestinal problems, brittle hair and nails, joint pain, and tiredness. In large amounts, it can cause kidney failure, heart failure, and heart attacks.