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TIL: US District Judge William Alsup learnt Java in order to better judge the Oracle vs. Google case

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7rwvb TIL the oldest living Nobel laureate, Edmond Fischer was born on April 6, 1920. He and his collaborator Edwin Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins & regulate various cellular process.
O0ga TIL the Eiffel Tower was originally planned to be demolished in 1909, but was saved because it was repurposed as a giant radio antenna. And in 1913, the tower transmitted a signal all the way to Washington DC.
PYawe TIL Orville Redenbacher died from drowning in his Jacuzzi.
9wZaQ TIL “That Saved By The Bell” originally aired as the show “Good Morning, Miss Bliss” for one season before being retooled. Those episodes then aired as “Saved by the Bell: The Junior High Years”
OGG7L TIL That Gangsta's Paradise was based on a Stevie Wonder song. That's why it's one of Coolio's only clean tracks: Wonder didn't want profanity rapped over his song.