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TIL that every game of Windows Solitaire is winnable - except for one. Game #11982.

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VMZjG TIL: The 'secret' nuclear missile launch code during the Cold War was '00000000'
awkZZ TIL about the world's purest fresh water. This water has been found on the southern tip of Chile, in a town called Puerto Williams, after numerous scientific studies. The water has been found to have only two chemical parts per million, hence making it the world's cleanest.
YpbLd TIL that a chunk of Tissint meteorite, a Martian meteorite that crashed in Morocco in 2011, is worth 10 times the price of gold, at prices ranging from $8,500 to $28,350 per ounce.
kJAj7 TIL that despite having a population of more than 5 million, Scotland only has 8 cities
bdVa TIL that NBA player Shaquille O'Neal starred in ‘Kazaam’ (1996) because “I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie. Someone said, 'Hey, here’s $7 million, come in and do this genie movie.’ What am I going to say, no? So I did it.”