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TIL that there is a browser called Iron with all the google chrome functionality minus the usage tracking and other privacy-compromising features of Chrome

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KO96E TIL Ian Fleming was told by his doctor that gin was damaging to his health (Fleming loved gin so much he would drink a pint every day). The doctor then suggested something relatively less damaging to Fleming's health: bourbon.
D1l6J TIL that in Moscow, packs of stray dogs will sometimes send out a smaller, cuter member to beg for food, apparently realising it will be more successful than its bigger, less attractive counterparts
R5krw TIL while writing "The Grapes of Wrath", John Steinbeck borrowed from the notes of Sanora Babb without her knowledge. She was using the notes for her own book, which was then shelved by the publisher, and finally published in 2004
oxo TIL ZZ Top album “Eliminator” was certified diamond by the RIAA while never having a #1 single
6ED9w TIL that Thomas Edison would hire thugs to destroy movie sets because he felt that he owned the rights to any and all film made since he filed the first patent for the motion picture camera