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TIL The U.S. home ownership rate is at a 48-year low.
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TIL Two teams competed to design the iPhone. Dial based hardware vs. touch screen. It wasn't until the iPhone reveal event, that on stage, Jobs ruthlessly made it clear which team won. He showed the world the power of touch, by deleting the contact of loosing designer Tony Faddell with a single tap
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TIL of Lee Ellis, a Canadian man who evaded police to give water/food to pets left behind during the May 3, 2016 wildfire evacuation in Fort McMurray, Alberta. He and his buddy managed to help dozens of pets before getting forced to evacuate by police.
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TIL Serbia’s capital has been razed and rebuilt more than 40 times.
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TIL That when a UK autoshop mechanic saw the Google Street View car coming his way, he staged a murder scene. Police paid the shop a visit a year later after the image was finally spotted on Street View.
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TIL in Pulp Ficton (1994)Buddy the waiter asks Mia if she wants her $5 shake “Martin and Lewis or Amos and Andy?” Referring to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, two white men and The Amos ‘n Andy Show, two black men. Basically, he is asking her if she wants a vanilla or chocolate shake.