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TIL Crystals in our ears regulate balance

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mx1Wv TIL That the longest sperm cell in the animal kingdom (around 5.8cm long) comes from a tiny fruit fly (a few mm long)
VMolZ TIL Steve Jobs hired a new CEO for Apple, John Sculley, who fired him later. He started a new company NeXT, which was later acquired by Apple itself, and eventually Jobs became CEO again, driving Apple to its greatest success. He calls being fired "the best thing that ever happened to him".
kJJRB TIL that only 20 years after the Wright Brothers first flight, we had successfully completed the first air to air refueling in June 1923.
ANN1d TIL about Junior Bridgeman. He is a former NBA player who spent his offseasons working at Wendy's to better understand how the fast food chain operated. At the peak he owned over 100 Wendy's locations and is worth over $600 million.
dXnj TIL as a thoughtful gesture for his editor Sally Menke, who would slave away in the editing room, Quentin Tarantino and cast and crew would often wave at the camera at the start and finish of the take and say ‘Hello Sally!’