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TIL The guy who designed the original Twitter’s logo only made about $3 off iStockPhoto

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pBYQ TIL that in 1939 US and Canada refused to accept 937 Jews who were the last to escape Nazi Germany and despite desperate attempts of (non Jewish) german captain to secure safety for his passengers they were forced to return to Europe. Many of them later died in concentration camps.
n8lW TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s first words on the moon were “Beautiful view. Magnificent desolation.”
5VWYp TIL Mi’kmaq used birch bark canoes or hollowed-out hemlock logs fitted with long wooden runners or “skates” to sprint over the ice and water to Prince Edward Island. The British copied this design in the 1800s for Royal Mail delivery
8ey5Z TIL oranges and human vaginas are about the same acidity. Oranges are typically between 3.7 and 4.3 PH and the human vagina typically varies between 3.8 and 4.2 PH
XEGjE TIL, In 2014, "Buffalo" Bill Hillman co-authored the book "Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona" Also in that year, he was gored in the thigh twice while running from the bulls in the festival in Pamplona, Spain.