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TIL “Halo” was originally a Mac game that Steve Jobs wanted to use to make Mac a viable gaming platform

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R5vE4 TIL that the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris featured cannon shooting, firefighting, lifesaving and angling
ZpQAp TIL that the reason why the Minions from the Despicable Me movies are all male is because Pierre Coffin, one of the creators of the franchise, couldn't imagine female Minions because of "how dumb and stupid they often are".
KYJQE TIL that the USS Tang (SS-306) was a U.S. submarine used during World War II. It was built and launched in 1943, and was sunk by a circular run of her own torpedo in 1944.
Y7Q7x TIL in 2010 a teenager, who began by bartering an old cell phone on Craigslist with the goal of scoring a dirt bike, ended up continuing to trade up in a series of 14 swaps over 2 years. It eventually ended with him trading a 1975 Ford Bronco (considered a collectible) for a 2000 Porsche Boxster S.
ndA7 TIL of an exoplanet known as J1407; a planet with a ring system so huge, it is 200x larger than Saturn’s. If it took the place of Saturn in our solar system, it’s rings would be brighter and more prominent than the moon in the Earth’s sky.