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TIL Jute twine, used in gardening and packaging, is still manufactured in Czechia today

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xVEXB TIL that when Apple began designating employee numbers, Steve Jobs was offended that Wozniak received #1 while he got #2. He believed he should be second to no one, so he took #0 instead.
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