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TIL Microsoft was making $5-15 on every Android phone sold because of patents, peaking at $2bil in 2013

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ZpMjY TIL In 1994, 60 children at Ariel school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe said they'd seen a 'UFO' and 'aliens with big eyes' in bush land near their school playground. The story was reported around the world.
p88yO TIL that those of us who can throw our vision into and out of focus at will are actually contracting and relaxing tiny 'ciliary bodies' inside our eyes which distort the shape of the eye's lenses
w9v7 TIL 50 years ago the Israeli Air Force attacked US Navy Research Ship USS Liberty killing 34 crew members and injuring 171. There is ongoing controversy over whether the attack was truly accidental.
EGjw TIL that the Andromeda galaxy is larger than the moon in the sky, but it is usually too dim to see.
YpeRW TIL Not all wines are vegan or even vegetarian-friendly because of how the wine is clarified and a process called 'fining'. ... Traditionally the most commonly used fining agents were casein (a milk protein), albumin (egg whites), gelatin (animal protein) and isinglass (fish bladder).