Post * R59L7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 1979, Steve Jobs visited Xerox PARC and was inspired by their uncommercialized GUI and mouse, leading to the creation of the Apple Macintosh; Xerox started to focus on marketing their copy machines, skeptical about the profitability of computers.

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NnLe TIL that not all snowflakes are unique but can be divided up to 80 distinct snowflake types

NyQP TIL that after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, 1 member of Congress out of 470 against war. The dissenting vote? The first woman elected to Congress. “As a woman I can’t go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.” She was mobbed and had to hide in a phone booth until Congressional police came.

PWoZ TIL two men were brought up on federal hacking charges when they exploited a bug in video poker machines and won half a million dollars. His lawyer argued, “All these guys did is simply push a sequence of buttons that they were legally entitled to push.” The case was dismissed.

QJRj9 TIL about the Battle of Cajamarca in 1532, where 169 Spaniards defeated an Inca army 80,000 men. The Incas were outmatched, the Spanish had horses, better equipment and guns that scared the Incas.

OGJm7 TIL that people are hired to mourn at funerals. These guys are known as professional mourners, as they possess the skill to cry and scream, portraying a deep sense of grief as if they were personally affected by the loss.