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TIL the iconic iPod headphone wires appeared white but is called "moon gray" because Steve Jobs was instinctively against white products.

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v7n8 TIL that The Simpons character “Edna Krabappel” was retired after Emmy Award-winning voice actress Marcia Wallace died in 2013. To acknowledged her death, the chalkboard in the opening sequence was changed to read a single “We’ll really miss you Mrs. K”
4Xr4X TIL That the sound from the massive 1883 eruption of Krakatoa circled the earth four times and was heard in over 50 different locations around the globe
OogV6 TIL Daniel Radcliffe's parents initially turned him down for the role of Harry Potter in 'The Philosopher's Stone' because the initial plan was to shoot six films in LA. They accepted the role after filming was moved to the UK and the contract reduced to 2 movies.
5YbKR TIL women's fallopian tubes are mobile parts of the reproductive tract. If a woman has one tube removed the remaining tube can travel to the opposite ovary to pick up eggs.
O7Ja TIL that under CEO Carly Fiorina, HP sold over $120 million in computers and printers to Iran despite US sanction policy, through a foreign subsidiary