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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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6EDLY TIL that a cast member on a 1980s Christian TV show called "Joy Junction" was arrested in 2013 on charges after planning to kill and eat children. The show has since been nearly scrubbed out of existence with only 1 episode surviving on Youtube.
loxDV TIL that, despite the reputation of black cats, a black cat named Luna saved her human family from a house fire.The house burned down to the ground, but not before Luna woke her owner in time by pawing and biting her feet. Once awake, Emily Chappell-Root evacuated her family from the blaze.
YpwjP TIL there were supersonic passenger airplanes in the past that could go up to 1500 mph. However, our current commercial airliners only cruise at the speed of 575 mph
KOJYR TIL there's a legal strategy called the "Shaggy Defence", where in the face of direct evidence of guilt, the defendant simply claims that it wasn't them.
Pl5n Til during the process of becoming a butterfly the entire caterpillar will break down into a liquid.