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TIL women use much more toilet paper than men because they use it when they pee

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7Q1x TIL Steve Jobs was hired to build the first prototype of “Breakout” for Atari. He enlisted the help of Steve Wozniak promising to give him half of the $750 pay. The pair stayed up four days straight to finish the game and were given a bonus because of this. Jobs kept the entire bonus for himself.
Myem TIL in the 1990s, a national survey found that Mario was more recognizable to American children than Mickey Mouse
D1oDY TIL that albatrosses can fly 16,000 km (10,000 mi) without landing
wog1E TIL that the longest place name in the world is in New Zealand and it has 85 letters. (“Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu”)
Wk0Do TIL A silk top hat is made from hatters' plush, and it is thought that there are no looms capable of producing the traditional material any more; the last looms in Lyon were destroyed by the last owner, Nicholas Smith, after a violent breakup with his brother, Bobby Smith.