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TIL that Steve Jobs had a relatively treatable type of cancer, however, he pursued pseudo-medicine for 9 months, leading to his death

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wxyW TIL that by clicking on the first link of any given Wikipedia article, and continuing that process on every other subsequent article, you will almost always arrive on the “Philosophy” page
maLo TIL The first worker to die during construction of the Hoover Dam was J. G. Tierney on 12/20/22; the last death to occur was his son, Patrick Tierney- 13 years later to the day.
5yyn TIL of the Cleveland Elementary School shooting which took place in 1979 in San Diego, California. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, killed the principal and a custodian, and injured 8 children and a police officer. When asked by a reporter why she did it, she said “I don’t like Mondays.”
E1P0V TIL that Dickens once told Dostoevsky that two people lived inside of him, a good one and a bad one. "Only two people?" Dostoevsky then asked.
JvV4 TIL that toilets in ancient Rome were bad enough to warrant prayers to the Gods of fortune written on the walls. Problems included bursts of flame from the methane buildup, and biting creatures emerging from below.