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Origin of names of popular fonts

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Full-form of chat abbreviations

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Today's Quote

"I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long."
- Steve Jobs Co-founder Apple

Simple Tips

Click photos in video mode on iPhone 5
Siri sets a timer for you
Phone becomes a TV remote
Activate Siri by long-pressing EarPod center button

Today's Events [2 Feb]

First polygraph machine tested [1935]
Born: Ralph Merkle [1952]
Born: Johnston McCulley [1883]
Born: Joseph Wedderburn [1882]

Jokes

Knock knock who’s there? to. to who? No, to whom

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Initially, Facebook was open to only Harvard students. Dustin Moskovitz, Mark Zuckerberg's roommate, helped spread it to other Ivy League colleges. [more...]