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TIL Sigmund Freud's books were burned by the Nazis he said, "What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now, they are content with burning my books."

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e0oEL TIL Steve Jobs shared details of the original Macintosh with Bill Gates to excite him about the future of their partnership. Bill Gates and the Microsoft team started referring to the Macintosh as project "Sand", a reverse engineered acronym for "Steve's amazing new device."
loeLa TIL that after a woman murdered her husband and attempted suicide, their pet parrot who was the sole witness began repeating what's thought to have been their last conversation, including the words: "Don't shoot!"
oBolE TIL Country Time Lemonade has a legal advocacy program to protect lemonade stands by assisting kids with city permits
4Xyr5 TIL: of the Church of Universal Suffrage. A religion in the United States that believes all U.S. election days are a religious holiday, legally allowing all members to request ballots by mail.
XE8n6 TIL about Allen Wu, the fired CEO of ARM China who still continues to operate ARM China as he is in possession of ARM China's official company stamp (chop), which is required to legally fire him