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TIL Steve Jobs wanted to hide a man wearing a fedora in the first Mac. Dubbed “Mr. Macintosh,” the character would appear after opening the menu bar several thousand times then quickly disappear, leaving users to question their sanity. The idea was scrapped due to the Mac’s paltry 128KB of RAM.

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kAMW TIL the film ‘Back to the Future’ provides the OED’s earliest recorded example of a colloquial sense of ‘hello’, used to imply (sometimes disbelievingly or sarcastically) that the person addressed is not paying attention, has not understood something, or has said something nonsensical or foolish.
awgjo TIL about "Stolpersteine" (german for stumbling stones) which are small cobblestones with the names and fates of Nazi Victims. They are placed all over Europe in front of the last free home the victim had before deportation. Over 70,000 have been placed so far.
W7e4A TIL that dyslexia had affected some of the most significant figures in history, including Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, and Stephen Hawking. According to the University of Cambridge researchers, these people are better at solving problems and adjusting to changes
l7lRV TIL that David Bowie wrote 'Life on Mars' because he was pissed at Frank Sinatra and the success of 'My Way'
8eXL4 TIL the original English voice actor to Daisy in the Mario series, Kate Fleming, passed away in a flash flood. Her partner, Charlene Strong, made a film For My Wife... in dedication to same-sex marriage equality and the challenges faced due to legal restrictions in processing Kate's passing.