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TIL: Microsoft Solitaire was developed by a bored summer intern named Wes Cherry. He received no royalties for his work despite it being among the most used Windows applications of all time.

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1aMNO TIL the majority of Icelanders either believe in elves or are unwilling to rule out their existence
y8Ll TIL that at one time the US Army used color blind people to spot camouflage colors that fooled those with normal color vision
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Wk0RA TIL the first recorded murder occurred 430,000 years ago. Two small holes in the skull of the remains indicated up-close blunt force trauma.
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