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TIL MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in early 2005

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WkbkN TIL: The book titled 20 Slices doesn't use paper for its pages. It's made of cheese. It has become trendy among college librarians to acquire it for their academic collections. Some copies get stored not on regular bookshelves but instead in the staff fridge.
xla5 TIL that in 1969 General Motors Holden (Australia) produced a concept car complete with climate control, a rear facing camera and in car navigation.
x0bg TIL a one-eyed, mildly autistic doctor from California called the US housing bubble ahead of time and made approximately $100 million as a result.
oBbo TIL everyone that visits Bill Gates’ mansion, Xanadu 2.0, is given a pin that automatically changes the lighting, music and temperature of every room they enter according to that persons preference.
R7Jma TIL Horseshoe crabs have existed for around 450 million years, and soil itself first appeared on earth 450 million years ago, meaning that horseshoe crabs are literally as old as dirt.