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TIL That Samsung makes the Retina Display for Apple

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v1QpR TIL of the unlucky voyage of Soyuz 23, a Soviet spacecraft that unintentionally "splashed-down" in a frozen lake. They spent nine hours in the cabin waiting to be lifted out of the water, and an additional two hours before the responders realized they were alive inside
4kD5 TIL After being named America’s Safest Driving Teen, Michael Doucette fell asleep at the wheel and collided with an oncoming car, killing both himself and the other driver.
mxX1P TIL about the blanket octopus that has the most extreme form of sexual dimorphism in the animal kingdom. Females can be up to 6 feet and males are only a few centimeters.
DQNAV TIL that Kim Walker, who played Heather Chandler in the 1989 film Heathers in which she famously asked “Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?” died of a brain tumor in 2001.
YP7Z TIL that if you were an Ancient Roman, and you had a slave that was raped, you could attempt to prosecute the rapist for “property damage”.