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TIL that Elon Musk was ousted as CEO of PayPal because he insisted on switching from Unix based infrastructure to Windows

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Lk7jP TIL: Benfords law is a logarithmic graph that can be found anywhere in the world. The IRS even uses it to detect tax fraud.
pYyee TIL Edwin Drake, the first american to successfully drill for oil, was hired by the oil company because he happened to be staying at the same hotel as the oil company's owners.
VMAB4 TIL about the "Gävle Goat" - a straw goat erected anually in Gävle, Sweden. Since the start in 1966 it has been destroyed 36 of 51 times. In 2005 it was burnt down by two vandals dressed as Santa and the gingerbread man, by shooting a flaming arrow at the goat.
WkxY9 TIL that although the Maya were already in decay when the Spanish arrived and therefore did not offer much resistance, the location of their civilization centers in the deep jungle made their last city survive until 1697.
xVVN5 TIL Under the original terms of the U.S. Constitution, the President could not choose his vice president, instead it was the canditate with the second most votes.