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TIL Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, has been the CEO of uTorrent.

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YpMB7 TIL that when Freud left Austria, he was required to sign a document testifying that he had had every opportunity 'to live and work in full freedom' and had 'not the slightest reason for any complaint'. He signed it, adding a remark of his own: 'I can most highly recommend the Gestapo to anyone.'
nYY7 TIL that a cement truck crashed near Wingamon, Oklahoma in the 1950s and the mixer was too heavy to move. It’s still there, and locals have painted it to look like an abandoned NASA space capsule.
5Yma8 TIL that in 1924 the KKK tried to move into South Bend before the Irish Catholic students of Notre Dame drove them out by throwing potatoes
8eklZ TIL The Ashoka Diamond, named after Ashoka the Great (a 3rd-century Indian emperor), is a breathtaking 41.37-carat D-flawless diamond of extraordinary cut. Harry Winston sold it to Mexican actress María Félix, and it was eventually sold at Sotheby's in 1988 for $3.85 million and never seen again.
6E1PQ TIL that Captain America's shield in the first Ironman movie was only there as a joke from an ILM artist during cinesync sessions to which Jon Favreau wanted to leave in just to see who else might notice it.