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TIL that the original iPhone that Steve Jobs famously showed on stage in 2007 barely worked and could only just get through the keynote. A stable, final version of the iPhone was not developed until just weeks before global release.

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D17Pe TIL that the Mongols would catapult the dead bodies of soldiers infected by the bubonic plague over city walls during sieges. This was one of the earliest known accounts of biological warfare.
e0045 TIL that warner bross produced a series of cartoon shorts designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, and other military subjects during world war II
grXWy TIL beef cattle are fed chicken poop because it's a good source of protein
j6BQE TIL Ban'ei Racing is a form of Japanese horse racing in which draft horses pull heavy sleds up sand ramps, urged-on by jockeys balancing on the sleds.
DQr8P TIL that Hitler being allowed to serve in World War 1 for Germany was most likely an administrative error; as an Austrian citizen, he should have been returned to Austria.