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TIL Jeff Goldblum was offered to be the voice of Siri by Steve Jobs himself.

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xOk5 TIL that during WWII, the Gestapo’s most wanted person was New Zealand born Allied agent Nancy Wake. Among her numerous exploits, she killed an SS soldier with her bare hands, to prevent him from raising the alarm during an undercover raid.
ebRE TIL that a Pakistani firm made a fertiliser that could not be used in the manufacture of IDE for terror attacks.
ZN5o TIL “Killing Season” is a British medical term used to describe the time around August, when the newly qualified doctors join the National Health Service.
6nmW TIL 12 Capuchin monkeys were given one token a day to be used toward buying fruit. Not long after the study began, one monkey was observed giving his token to a female monkey in exchange for sex. The token was then handed over and immediately used to buy a grape.
b9a0j TIL that the Koyukon people of Alaska have a tale in which Raven takes 2 of each animal to protect them from a flood that actually predates the arrival of Christianity