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TIL Microsoft Flight Simulator is 3 years older than Microsoft Windows

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ov4r TIL trolled has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary
WkE4N TIL a group of embittered singles in Shanghai purchased all odd-numbered cinema seats forcing couples to sit apart on Valentine's Day
gr6Ry TIL that most of the 100,000 French soldiers evacuated at Dunkirk were quickly sent back to France. About half of them ended up redeployed against the Germans before the French surrender, and many were subsequently killed or captured.
9YovX TIL that during WWII, in Norway, it was illegal to stand on the bus if there were seats available. This is because Norwegians often refused to sit beside Germans on the bus, which annoyed them so much that they made it illegal.
wojEE TIL There is a list of Inventors, who died by their own Inventions on wiki. Stockton Rush (the Titan owner) was just added.