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TIL when Steve Jobs accused Bill Gates of stealing from Apple, Gates said, “Well, Steve, I think there’s more than one way of looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”

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eplZJ TIL that the Yakuza, Japan's crime organisations, have been involved in disaster relief efforts after major events like 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, often distributing supplies more efficiently than official channels. They are also known to open their offices as emergency shelters for the displaced.
0Qov TIL Schools in Japan don’t employ custodial staff, because they believe students should respect their learning environment and keep it clean themselves
1a178 TIL that when cyber criminals made off with $81m (and almost got away with $1bn), Bangladesh Bank was using second-hand switches worth $10 and had no firewalls in place.
4Nao TIL Curb Your Enthusiasm saved a guy from murder charges. Outtake footage of an episode taking place at Dodgers stadium showed the accused in the crowd, some 20 miles from the crime scene at the time of the murder.
oBODK TIL most utility poles are buried 6 feet deep. In fact, utility poles are buried according to a specific formula: 10% of the pole’s height plus two feet equals the appropriate depth of burial. A standard utility pole measures 40 feet, so a standard hole will go about 6 feet down into the ground.