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TIL Steve Jobs once argued that’s it completely unnatural to touch the screen on a PC. He reportedly said people's arms would fatigue and called the idea “ergonomically horrible.”

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V4ZZ TIL The only known armed Nazi military operation on North American soil, in October of 1943, was installation of Weather Station Kurt by a German u-boat team. It was accidentally discovered in 1977.
8LnZ TIL that a software company hid a $1,000 prize deep in its License Agreement to see if anyone actually read them. It took 5 months and 3,000 sales for someone to ask about the prize.
X9w6 TIL the United Stated Conducted Human Experiments in Guatemala Between 1946 and 1948. Doctors Infected Soldiers, Prostitutes, Prisoners, and Mental Patients With Syphilis and Other STDs.
X07eR TIL The duck-billed platypus has enough venom during mating season to kill a dog or make a human seriously ill. The venom is immune to all kinds of painkillers including morphine and lasts for months
R4R4 TIL Emilia Clarke, the actress who plays Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, also voiced Dr. Zoidberg’s lover in Stench and Sensibility (Futurama).