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TIL that an intern at Microsoft made the popular game solitaire back in 1988. There were few computer games available at the time. Bill Gates approved Solitary, therefore it became a part of the Windows operating system.

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41xa TIL: There is an Octopus species that cares for her eggs for 53 months, apparently not eating during this time, then dies. This brooding period is the longest known for any animal.
751b TIL in 1916, the German military conducted the Judenzählung (census of Jews). Designed to confirm accusations of lack of patriotism among German Jews, the census disproved the charges. In fact, A higher % of German Jews fought in WWI than of any other ethnic, religious or political group in Germany.
8eAwb TIL that In N Out’s fries are so soggy because they only fry them once.
DpQp TIL Congress’s calendar for 2013 consisted of 239 days off.
b9kNa TIL that by the end of the Napoleonic Wars, France was conscripting men shorter than five feet (1.5 m) tall.