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TIL Bill Gates once quoted “ “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”

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DQKZD TIL that Latimer Road tube station has automated announcements asking people not to take photos of the adjacent Grenfell Tower, partly out of respect for the people who died there and partly so that camera flashes don't distract tube drivers
x960 TIL Facebook turns over critical evidence in murder and rape cases to law enforcement, but won’t do the same for defense attorneys.
9B0G TIL that 15 of the 25 largest hotels in the world are on the Las Vegas Strip.
nNo TIL that Diane van Deren, one of the world’s top ultra-runners, didn’t start running until a seizure crippled her ability to form new memories. She has the psychological advantage of never knowing how far she has left to run.
GY4x5 TIL The shape of California's state highway signs is meant to represent the spades/shovels used by the miners during the Gold Rush.