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TIL When the First iPod was Presented to Steve Jobs he Dropped it in an Aquarium and used the Air Bubbles to Prove there was Empty Space and it Could be Made Smaller.

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xVVJ1 TIL at the 1964 World's Fair, IBM passed over their computers to showcase the electric typewriter, which they thought would be more innovative and revolutionary.
4Npg TIL that in 1952 Albert Einstein was offered the Presidency of the State of Israel. He declined, saying that as a scientist trained to deal with objective facts, he lacked the aptitude and experience to deal with people.
KYQk9 TIL Abram Petrovich Gannibal began the first Black Russian aristocratic dynasty in the 1700s. Born in what is now Cameroon, Central Africa - and brought to the court of Peter The Great - he became a war General and godson of the Emperor. Many European royal houses descend from Gannibal today...
BPWK TIL that dueling is still technically legal in Texas, because mutual consent is a defense against assault.
LQ69v TIL there was a gold US $4 coin minted (1879-1880) in the ‘Stella’ denomination, intended for international use. The coin’s worth was called out as 400 cents.