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TIL An initial name considered for Safari was iBrowse. This was truly a missed trick.

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v1nPL TIL that origami as we know it today was due to Akira Yoshizawa who, in his own estimation created more than 50,000 models of which only a few hundred were presented as diagrams in his 18 books; he lived in poverty from 1937 until 1954, when he published his first monograph and got his first exhibit
ANrY4 TIL that coca-cola was banned in Portugal because the man who wrote the slogan made people think the product was a drug.
d8MBK TIL that legendary actor Michael Caine initially joined drama class because it was full of girls and he wanted to get laid
VaxB TIL there is only one instance in history that a submarine managed to intentionally sunk another submerged submarine in combat.
KOLna TIL that the 'Swastika' was a symbol of well-being and harmony used by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains until of course anti-Semitic nationalist groups (P.S. Nazis) decided to culturally appropriated it to an Aryan symbol to boost a sense of ancient lineage for the Germanic people.