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TIL that Steve Jobs was half arab

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G0gj TIL of the first and only Space Mutiny when an American crew shut off communication equipment to protest their disagreement with NASA.
BrXxb TIL the appendix actually serves as a sort of “backup/restore point” for your guts bacteria should it get wiped out
D1WYP TIL Apple Computer produced a home game console called the Pippin.
d8O6K TIL of the "King of All Boomboxes", the JVC RC-M90, which was produced in 1981. LL Cool J and The Beastie Boys made this boombox famous by including it on their album covers. The competitive environment to obtain one is so fierce among collectors that prices are very high and there's much bickering.
b6laZ TIL that the popular 19th century "rain follows the plow" theory believed that agricultural activity could create a rainy climate. One variant of this theory led to widespread dynamiting of the air in the Great Plains in the 1870s to create rain clouds