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TIL The 300 Club is the name given to people who have experienced an instantaneous 166 degree Celsius (300 °F) drop in temperature, in Antartica when the temps reach -73C / -100F

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kO5Zm TIL in 2018, only 13% of Swedes reported using cash for a recent purchase, down from around 40% in 2010. 80% state that they paid by debit card for their most recent purchase, 13% that they used cash and 7% that they used a credit card. The concept of cash-free bank branches began in early 2000s.
QZlp TIL Steve Jobs was effectively paid $5,000 to create the game Breakout. Steve Wozniak worked for four straight days without sleep to reach the deadline, which wasn’t real, but something Jobs made up. Wozniak only received $375 while Jobs bought a farm in Oregon
0BZp TIL of the St Scholastica Day riot. In 1355 at Oxford a dispute between two students and a tavern keeper escalated to a two-day riot where 93 people died. The entire incident was over the quality of drinks being served at the tavern
DQ9ED TIL on the May 9, 1969, episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Rogers asked Officer Clemmons, a black policeman played by François Clemmons, if he'd like to cool his feet with Rogers in a child's pool. Clemmons accepted after Rogers offered to share his towel too. Most pools were still segregated.
eZwE TIL:The first AOL Instant Message was sent by Ted Leonsis to his wife on Jan. 6, 1993. It read, “Don’t be scared … it is me. Love you and miss you.” His wife replied, “Wow … this is so cool!”