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TIL “iOS” is trademarked by Cisco, not Apple

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pkkQ TIL that despite a universal dislike for it, the font Comic Sans has become highly regarded by those who work with dyslexic children - one of the better uses for which it was never intended.
e0VwD TIL The longest taxi journey was a 13month long roadtrip around the world. They travelled across four continents and 50 different countries in a black cab. The journey cost 100 000$
vxwL TIL that Nas listed his daughter Destiny as an executive producer on Stillmatic, so that she would always receive royalty checks from the album.
WkxeB Til that an 8 year old named Gabi Mann befriended her local crows by giving them part of her school lunch every day, and in return, they have started leaving her gifts ranging from random shiny objects like broken glass to a lens cap that her mother had lost earlier that day
dkmB TIL Hamburg has begun implementing a 20-year plan to become a car-free city, eliminating automobiles entirely across Germany’s second-largest city in favor of public transit, pedestrian and bike paths