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TIL that in Japan, some 7.53 million computers at offices and local governments and 6.38 million at households were still using Windows 7 as of January 2020, comprising around 20 percent of all active Windows computers in the country

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olro TIL That the “Windy City” of Chicago is not called this because of the actual wind! Instead for the “full-of-hot-air politicians”
x4Pg TIL that in 2010 George Lucas said “I’m dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race.“ Two years later, Lucas sold Lucasfilm Ltd. to Disney for $4.05B and donated the proceeds to a charity that focuses on education.
xVJxw TIL of Usama ibn Munqidh, a Syrian poet and diplomat whose life coincided with the First and Second Crusades, and who became acquainted with leaders of the Crusader states, the Knights Templar even clearing their HQ chapel for him to pray towards Mecca.
M7NAA TIL Judge Judy was, between her lawyer and TV salaries, for a while the highest paid TV star - and authored a book called Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining
rNRJw TIL Rhodesia used biologocal weapons against insurgents in the 1970s, experimenting on humans and using anthrax, cholera and ricin among others to poison food and clothes