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TIL Steve Jobs almost called the "iMac" the "MacMan"

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PY7vL TIL: Back in 2009 FedEx signed a contract with USPS to accept their mail. It's called Smartpost
78rp TIL: Streetlight Manifesto dislikes Victory Records so much, that they will not release an album that is finished under said label. And if they have to, they will put it up for torrenting themselves.
9rgG TIL that 8 people were killed in what became known as the London Beer Flood after 1,470,000 L of beer burst out of brewery and gushed into the streets; 200 years ago today on October 17 1814
6EQow TIL Homer's classic epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, are only part of an eight story saga. The remaining parts have been lost to the ages.
oBbXo TIL that in 1985 The Beastie Boys supported Madonna for her debut tour, after her last song on the final show they came on stage and squirted her with water pistols.