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TIL David Bowie refused the honor of being knighted, saying “I would never have any intention of accepting anything like that. I seriously don’t know what it’s for. It’s not what I spent my life working for.”

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6EbXw TIL about a unique example of unconscious bias during a workplace information session. When the iOS YouTube app gained the functionality to upload videos, 5-10% appeared upside down as they were filmed by left-handed people. The entire team was right handed and had not encountered the issue.
ova8 TIL Billy Mays would only sell products that passed his test, that worked and that he himself used at home.
OoKa7 TIL that common fruit fly females prefer to mate with their own brothers over unrelated males
V7Jm TIL: George Washington was worth $525 million in his day (adjusted for inflation)
v1OXR TIL that, on 16 november 1949, students in Ghent (Belgium) stormed the medieval castle, lowered the portculis and threw fruit from the walls at the police to protest a new tax on beer. The event is still commemorated yearly by the city as the greatest student prank in its history.