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TIL that early computer viruses were written for the Apple II and Mac, but they became more widespread with the dominance of the IBM PC and MS-DOS.

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gMbn7 TIL that last year astronauts found a rock from Earth on the Moon which is believed to be 4 billion years old.
ep0e6 TIL The star SMSS J031300.36−670839.3, while only 6,000 light years from Earth, is 13.8 billion years old, more or less the same age as the universe.
rmbx TIL That for the Super Bowl Final they hire a cameraman to run onto the pitch to shoot the jingle “I’m going to Disney World!” of whoever Disney paid to say it if they win. Millions of dollars ride on his shoulders.
7reGL TIL There's a PBS TV station in Upstate New York who has more Canadian viewership than American, and therefore signed off every night with the Canadian national anthem and then the U.S. national anthem.
xVwQ5 TIL the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope was held for ransom while being shipped to Hawaii. The US Coast Guard retook the telescope under a writ of 'piracy on the high seas'.