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TIL that the founder of Qualcomm pursued a degree in hotel management at Cornell University for a year and a half before switching to electrical engineering.

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oRALW TIL That Jack Kelly, father of Grace Kelly and self made millionaire was banned from the Henley Regatta under the pretext that he was not a gentleman. He went on to beat the Henley champion at the Olympics and sent the King of England a note saying simply "greetings from a bricklayer"
E5QX TIL Google owns several domains which are common misspellings of “google.com”, such as “gooogle.com”, “gogle.com”, “googlr.com”, and more. They also own the domain “466453.com”, which, when dialed on a phone, is equivalent to the spelling of “google.com”.
bRp0 TIL a young Charlie Wilson’s dog was killed by a next door neighbor who was running for city council by mixing crushed glass into the dog’s food. Charlie Wilson retaliated by driving 96 poor black voters to the polls ultimately causing his neighbor to lose the election.
VBVQD TIL that Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system
v1187 Turns out, our ancient ancestors' consumption of fermented fruits created a genetic mutation that be the cause of alcoholism in people today.