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TIL browsers on iphone are just reskins of safari. No browser on iPhone is allowed to use their own engine.

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EgOpW TIL the production of the Barbie movie required so much pink that they caused a run on the world's supply of pink paint. Due to supply chain issues because of covid there was limited quantities which the company that provides materials for the film industry used for the film.
Yeex TIL Because of a design flaw, when Apple III owners had problems (like garbled data) they were instructed to “lift the machine 3 inches and drop it in order to re-seat the chips on the logic board.”
MekrV TIL: Cable TV networks increase the speed of T.V shows e.g. 'Friends' or 'Seinfield' to around 1.2x speed so that they can fit in extra commercials
DE5D TIL that, at one point, being randomly drugged with LSD was considered an “occupational hazard” while working in the CIA.
69GgQ TIL that in World War II and the Vietnam War, the US military issued “Life Barter Kits” to its pilots and paratroopers.