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TIL in 1997, an “anonymous party” sold 1.5 million shares of Apple stock, causing Apple to hit a 12-year low in stock price. That event lead to then-CEO Gil Amelio stepping down and placing Steve Jobs as new CEO of Apple. That anonymous party was later revealed to be Steve Jobs himself.

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L7QV TIL of Superman: Red Son, an alternate universe where Superman landed in the Soviet Union instead of America. He is described as a “Champion of the common worker who fights a never-ending battle for Stalin”
E1lAX TIL that the band Guster tried to thwart "pirates" on Napster by uploading a version of their album Keep It Together that replaced real vocals with fake cat meows.
Vlwp TIL blind hiker Bill Irwin completed the Appalachian Trail with the help of his seeing eye dog, after falling ~5,000 times
4Xb0R TIL that "Love Me Do" by The Beatles was their debut single originally released in the UK on Oct 5th, 1962. It peaked at # 17 in the charts that year.
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