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TIL 95% of the world’s ATMs are running on Windows XP

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VWv4 TIL Snoop Dogg is invested financially in Reddit
jNWWa TIL that Bill Hamilton developed modern jetboats since no existing boats could navigate the shallow, fast flowing rivers of New Zealand. He took his boats to the USA for demonstrations amidst criticism from the media. In 1960 his boats became the first and only boats to travel up the grand canyon.
7G1L TIL the number of prescription pain reliever-related deaths over 10 years is four times higher than the rate of deaths from cocaine and heroin—combined.
ZplP4 TIL that the Guinness World Record for the longest uninterrupted period of time spent playing video games is 138 hours, achieved by a teenager in Ohio
EggRW TIL Many civilizations believed that the "tooth worm" existed, a superstition that existed until the 18th century. A cuneiform tablet from the seventh century BCE titled “The Legend of the Worm” tells the tale of the tooth worm, a demon which drinks the blood and eats the roots of the teeth