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TIL Bill Murray auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars

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b694Z TIL When the US denied India supercomputers due to sanctions imposed after India's nuclear test, India made its Supercomputer "Param 8000" which proved to be the world's second-fastest computer defeating the USA. It slowly started eating th US market being 23 times cheaper than the US "CDC 6600"
l7bDN TIL Splinter Cell: Double Agent has two different versions
OoLn7 TIL that efforts to prevent suicides off the Mapo Bridge in Seoul, which included LED lighting, statues, and inspirational messages backfired dramatically, and suicides actually more than quadrupled.
Mem1a TIL To avoid using the German sounding name ‘hamburger’ during World War II, Americans used the name ‘Liberty Steak.’
gM70L TIL Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, trams resumed their routes in the ruins of the city.