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TIL Steve Jobs was effectively paid $5,000 to create the game Breakout. Steve Wozniak worked for four straight days without sleep to reach the deadline, which wasn’t real, but something Jobs made up. Wozniak only received $375 while Jobs bought a farm in Oregon

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WkNpN TIL about Adrian Carton de Wiart, a British soldier. He fought in 3 wars and was shot in the head, face, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived 2 plane crashes, escaped a POW camp and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He lived to be 83.
WWxo TIL after Nietzsche’s death, his sister edited his work to remove anything that didn’t align with the Nazi Doctrine. Writings that were Anti-Nazi, were edited to be Pro-Nazi, and used by Hitler’s party. The Nazis didn’t know she did this, and believed that Nietzsche was genuinely pro-Nazi.
BgYld TIL that the 'Man-Child' is a clinical concept (Puer Aeternus) whose emotional immaturity is the direct 'shadow' of true adulthood, meaning every adult demanding freedom without responsibility is failing their own psychological development.
x6kDo TIL that boxer Harry Greb tricked his way into a shot at the Middleweight championship by paying several waiters to serve him water in coloured tumblers at a speakeasy. He then pretended to be drunk and thus no threat to the champion. Greb got his match and won the title.
W7BMY TIL a French politician said: "Give us back the Statue of Liberty. We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home.”