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TIL the author of the first Macintosh compression program (StuffIt, 1987) wrote it while a student in US high school, and royalty checks paid for his MIT tuition

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jNxOE TIL underwater basket weaving has been used as a pejorative term for excessively easy/useless/niche courses for at least the past 65 years
gDoW TIL Ireland exported enormous quantities of food during the height of the 1840’s Great Famine, “more than enough grain crops to feed the population.”
vPXpK TIL that Giant pandas have opposable thumbs similar to people (and an extra ‘thumb’ on each front paw in addition)
R5y09 TIL in 1815 a man named George Wilson attempted to walk 1,000 miles around London in 20 days. After the press covered his walk, large crowds of circus acts, prostitutes, troublemakers, and alcohol salesmen showed up. He later was arrested for disturbing the peace 1 mile into his 16th day.
E1bNo TIL Chinese debtors shamed with broadcast of names and faces on giant screens on May 1 holiday