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TIL a secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car wouldn’t start – Jobs came back the same afternoon and threw her a set of keys for a brand new Jaguar saying: “Here, don’t be late anymore.”

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wLXpJ Jedidiah Jenkins quit his job and decided to bike from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. His best friend, filmmaker Kenny Laubbacher, came along for the ride. This short film follows Jenkins as he shares what he's learned from his journey so far. “When you’re a kid, everything is astonishing. Everything is new, and so your brain is awake and turned on ... Once your brain establishes a routine, it stops ... the alertness goes away,” he says. By choosing adventure Jenkins is able to reactivate his brain and turn his “hundred years on this planet into a thousand.
ADj0l TIL of Elouise Cobell (“Yellow Bird Woman”) who founded the first Native American owned bank. As treasurer of the Blackfeet Nation she tried to resolve accounting discrepancies regarding leases on Indian Land which led to a $3.4 Billion dollar class action settlement against the US government.
E1l8X TIL that the Germans used Pervitin (now known as crystal meth) to keept their soldiers fighting almost constantly in WW2.
R5xQ9 TIL of an Italian named Fabrizio Quattrocchi who yelled "I'll show you how an Italian dies!" while trying to remove his hood before being executed by his Iraqi kidnappers.
WLbX TIL there is a secret shoe boutique in Boston that is accessible only through a Snapple machine in the back of a convenience store. They spent $0 on marketing and are one of the best shoe boutiques in the world.