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TIL that Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates had shouting matches during Ballmer’s transition to Microsoft CEO. As of 2014, they no longer speak to each other

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gM7gA TIL that there is an English word equivalent to the German word: Shadenfreude: Epicaricacy, which means to derive pleasure from another's misfortune.
ljpa TIL 1960s Argentina experienced a musical phenomenon similar to that of the British Invasion in the U.S. but with Uruguayan musical groups.
NXrwP TIL; "Hello" came to prominence as a greeting with the invention of the telephone
ovG8 TIL Feminist activist Gloria Steinem was opposed to the release of the novel American Psycho due to its portrayal of violence against women. Years later, she married David Bale and became stepmother to Christian Bale, who starred in the film adaptation.
BgKmy TIL that Theodore Roosevelt is the only United States President to have received the Medal of Honor, with it being awarded to him posthumously in 2001 after having been nominated during the Spanish American War.