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TIL In 1985 Microsoft and ASCII built a 18 meter tall, 30 meter long dinosaur in Tokyo to celebrate the sale of 1 million MSX computers. Bill Gates did not know about this promotion (that cost at least 750,000 dollars) and it led to Microsoft and ASCII parting ways.

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4XgEb TIL that a wedding ring that was lost for 45 years was found in a car engine a man bought for parts. Will Frye came across the ring when he was taking apart the V8 he’d pulled from a 1972 Oldsmobile 98 junker. He called the former owner and the 93 year old remembered losing it around 1973.
7ryy7 TIL Somali Museum of Minnesota may now be the only museum in the world dedicated to preserving Somali culture and traditions. Boqor Burhaan, a regional king from Puntland, Somalia, held a reception at the Somali Museum as part of a visit to the Somali community in Minnesota
wNrY TIL Wilhelm Röntgen who discovered x-rays refused to patent his discovery as he ‘wanted mankind as a whole to benefit from practical applications of the same’
l7jdV TIL: Gironima Spana was a central figure in the Spana Prosecution involving her network of female poison merchants. Her network provided poisons to women who wished to be widows. She was taught by her mother who was a professional marriage maker and sold poison to women with abusive husbands
1688O TIL Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island offers day trips and multiday backpacking routes in the high arctic, including the 4500-year old Muskox Way, the route of ancient peoples. Historic Fort Conger visits are possible only when you are accompanies by Parks Canada staff