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TIL when a secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car wouldn't start, Jobs bought her a new Jaguar that same day, saying: "Here, don't be late anymore."

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mxb4Y TIL Planthoppers (Issus coleoptratus) has the only mechanical gears ever found in Nature. The first natural design that mechanically functions like our geared systems contrasting the gear-like structures previously found on other animals like the spiny turtle which were purely ornamental.
b6G7a TIL Harry Houdini died on Haloween due to Appendicitis. While giving a talk at McGill university, a student asked to confirm a rumor that he could resist punches. The student then proceeded to punch Houdini with no time to prepare for the trick, which is believed to have ruptured his appendix.
b9kx0 TIL that New Zealand was home to a 12-foot-tall species of bird known as the "giant moa." They were wiped around 1500 AD after settlers found the island and hunted them for food.
mxvvR TIL Camels originated in North America. About 3 - 7 million years ago, they migrated over the Bering Strait to Asia. They also migrated to South America and became Alpacas and Llamas. Around the last ice age, they went extinct in North America.
oBaoA TIL of Shoichi Yokoi, a sergeant in the Japanese Army during WW2. He went into hiding after the Battle of Guam, living in the jungle with several others for 28 years, though he was alone for the remaining 8 years. After his capture he returned to Japan, married and became a popular TV personality.