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TIL that Apple stopped making IPods in 2022

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JYw9k TIL when Sigmund Freud expatriated from Nazi-ruled Austria, he was required to sign a document certifying he was treated well. Reportedly he wrote sarcastically, "I can most highly recommend the Gestapo to everyone."
oRkw7 TIL East Timor has the highest percentage of Catholics per total population in world at 98%, after the Vatican city.
OQ1 TIL that Woody Harrelson ate custom made Twinkies in Zombieland, because he’s a vegan.
5V0Pn TIL The Doomsday Clock was initially set to seven minutes to midnight purely because the artist, Martyl Langsdorf, thought it looked aesthetically right.
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