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TIL Steve Jobs used to get a new car every 6 months to avoid driving around with a license plate

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0wkmv TIL Philip Seymour Hoffman was once starstruck when he found jazz legend Miles Davis swimming in the pool where he was a lifeguard. Hoffman played it cool and pretended he didn't know who the mysterious man was and his indifference earned him an afternoon chat about everything except music.
BgNKy TIL the human skeleton is actually very light and makes little difference in weight. A 5’6 (170cm) woman weighing 132 lbs (60kg) would have a skeleton weighing about 5lbs (2.5kg) total
1ar07 TIL when Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters broke his leg while performing, he designed a special "throne" that would allow him to play with his cast on rather than cancel their American Tour.
mxDwP TIL that in 1923 Goodyear Tire created a subsidiary known as the Goodyear Zeppelin Company to manufacture airships, and between 1923 and 1995 it made over three hundred zeppelins.
NDL8 TIL of a disorder called Aphantasia, people with it cannot see images in their head. Many that have this disorder are completely unaware.