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TIL Steve Jobs’ faith in alternative remedies cost him his life.

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a8VZM TIL Prince George Washington was the last viceroy of Siam (present day Thailand). He eventually rebelled against, his cousin, the King. The rebellion failed, and in an ironic twist he sought refuge with the British. He spoke English fluently, had 28 children, and died in 1885.
kJ7BE TIL about "Virus: The Game", a 1997 video game in which players fight enemies within their own computer (the player's files and directories are represented by 3D rooms). Its advertising campaign involved a downloadable .exe file that simulated the deletion of Windows system files.
80vG TIL Ray Bradbury, in an interview with the Paris Review, stated “You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do – and they don’t.”
wLkPM TIL that when a whale dies in cold waters, its body falls to the ocean floor creating its own ecosystem which can last for decades.
WMV8 TIL that when oxygen first developed on Earth, it wiped out nearly ~99% of all life.