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TIL that to make sure that Windows 95 was compatible with older products, Microsoft bought one copy of every PC program sold at the local Egghead Software store

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R71E4 TIL Alabama and Texas have each had 2 female governors, Kansas has had 3, Arizona 4, and California has had 0.
W8ZX TIL the President of the United States serves as the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America during his term in office.
woNBJ TIL the 1966 song “Kicks” by Paul Revere & The Raiders is called the first hit in the U.S. with an anti-drug message. Despite its success, it quickly became outdated among the youth. The band was viewed “as part of the Establishment,” and uncool compared to The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and others.
OoLk1 TIL Police Woman, a 1974-1978 NBC TV show starring Angie Dickinson about a female cop caused an avalanche of applications for employment from women to police departments around the United States & was President Ford's favorite show, cancelling a press conference in order to avoid delaying an episode
mxpxY TIL that as recently as 1992, Australia was recognised as Terra Nullius meaning nobody's land because Aboriginal Australians were considered fauna instead of human beings.