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TIL That Samsung makes the Retina Display for Apple

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8a6Yb TIL: In 1944 Lex Luthor was the first character in a comic book (and one of the first in fiction) to use an atomic bomb. The United States Department of War asked this story line be delayed from publication, which it was until 1946, to protect the secrecy of the Manhattan Project.
YpEGA TIL when Southwest Airlines tried to change their motto to “Just Plane Smart” in the 1990s, they found out a much smaller company was already using it. To settle the issue, the CEOs of each company engaged in an arm wrestling match and the smaller company, Steven’s Aviation, ended up winning.
XQLj TIL that human teeth are evolving to be smaller
9j9X TIL in 1851, we had measuring tools with a precision of one millionth of an inch.
J1VPj TIL of the Tigernado, a tornado in Oklahoma which released tigers from a local wildlife sanctuary