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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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krm1 TIL that actor/comedian/writer Mark Moseley does such a good impression of Eddie Murphy he’s taken over his roles from Mulan and Shrek for sequels / TV shows; and his Arnold Schwarzenegger impression is so good when played side by side with the real it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference.
1an44 TIL plastic was invented in 1907. Since 1950, humanity has produced 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste; 9% of it is recycled, 12% is incinerated, 79% ends up in a landfill or in the environment. Majority of the world's plastic waste from the developed world is exported to Southeast Asia.
1ajyr TIL Casimir Pulaski known as “the father of American Cavalry” and Brigadier General for George Washington’s army against the British was actually a women or intersex. 
0w145 TIL New research published in Science Advances proposes that dinosaurs were actually warm-blooded creatures. Team of scientists from Yale Uni studied the arrangement of atoms in dinosaur eggshells to determine that the mothers who carried the eggs had warmer body temperatures than their surrounding
4knER TIL that while only 2% of tornadoes (out of ~1,200 per year) in the U.S. are classified as the highest EF4 and EF5's, they cause more than 65% of all tornado deaths. Also, tornadoes are a global phenomenon that occur almost exclusively between 20-60 degrees north and south of the equator.