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TIL that Apple in 2022 achieved its highest-ever share of global smartphone operating profit at 85% despite its shipment share only being 18%.

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gMBGy TIL Wolf of Wall Street was funded by money embezzled from the Malaysian government.
b6Ddj TIL researchers identified traces of cocaine in the brain tissue of two people buried in Italy in the 17th century. The discovery challenges longstanding assumptions about the drug, which was thought to not have spread throughout Europe until the 19th century.
d8vDQ TIL the popular dish Maceroni and Cheese was invented thanks in large part to wealthy U.S. president Thomas Jefferson.
KObPG TIL: A chemical previously used in microwave popcorn bags caused “popcorn lung” a cancer mainly affecting workers inhaling diacetyl in microwave popcorn factories.
XPOQ TIL that nearly 60 percent of Medal of Honor recipients have been Irish-American, including 257 Irish natives.