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TIL in 2011 Apple had over two billion dollars more in cash reserves than the US Treasury.

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yr5e TIL Popular hotels in New Orleans put grease on balcony support poles during Mardi Gras so drunks can’t climb in.
jNlDn TIL That the drought of 1976-77 aligned harmoniously with the rise of skateboarding. In effort to conserve water, pools were being emptied all throughout Southern California. With that, emerging skaters like Tony Alva, Steve Olson, and the late Jay Adams were jumping fences and skating empty pools.
x6BD0 TIL about Roopkund also called Mystery Lake or Skeleton Lake, it is widely known for the hundreds of human skeletons found at the edge of the lake. The human skeletal remains are visible at its bottom when the snow melts.
aVQL TIL that Pres. Eisenhower warned unending conflict would allow the Military Industrial Complex to degrade American Freedom.
7jVb TIL that Microsoft once sued Mike Rowe, a high school student who registered MikeRoweSoft.com for his part-time web design project. Eventually a settlement was reached, with Microsoft purchasing the domain in exchange for an Xbox console.