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TIL Apple is purposely slowing down your iphones with software upgrades designed to significantly slow down older models and force users to upgrade to new model. It’s a marketing practice called “planned obsolescence”.

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womlM TIL that 'Uptown Funk' was released over a month early in the UK owing to a performance by a contestant on The X Factor, which resulted in that version going to #1 on iTunes
QYlM TIL when Han Solo said he did the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs he was not trying to describe how fast his ship was going. Instead he was bragging that he had done a shorter route of the Kessel Run. He did this by going closer to a black hole than most dared to go.
8eM6X TIL of Daniel Sickles. He shot the son of Francis Scott Key in broad daylight for sleeping with his wife, and was the first person acquitted under the insanity defense. Later he was appointed a Union general, and lost his leg disobeying orders. He regularly claimed to be 6 years younger than he was.
neJgB TIL Harrison Schmitt, the last man to walk on the moon, had an allergic reaction to moondust
5Vmjp TIL that in the UK, instead of driving to the stadium and drinking and tailgating in the parking lot before sports games, fans often drink at the local pub before walking over to the stadium.