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TIL that DOS (as in MSDOS of Microsoft Windows) was originally an acronym for "Dirty Operating System"

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vPOWR TIL in 1989, Tokyo was worth twice as much as the entirety of United States because of the Japanese Real Estate bubble
womR1 TIL In a single battle in a single day, one-quarter of the entire United States Army had been destroyed. It was the most decisive defeat in American history with 69% of soldiers killed and 97% casualties. It's known as St Clair's defeat and Major General St Clair resigned his commission afterwards.
e0l85 TIL Current WWE Wrestler Jeff Hardy and former wrestler Mick Foley have agreed to donate their brains for concussion research after death
9YZpQ TIL in 1982 an American undergrad student argued that a constitutional amendment proposed in 1789 could still be approved by Congress. When he received a "C," he started a letter writing campaign and got the amendment ratified. His grade was changed to an "A" in 2016.
Y7R8A TIL : Cockroach milk exists