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TIL Leon Russell played piano on ‘Monster Mash’

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b9EX7 TIL of Project A119 - a US Cold War plan to nuke the moon
yQX7a TIL that Microsoft implanted an Easter egg into Excel '97 where you could play a very rudimentary version of Flight Simulator.
7rnaZ TIL that in WW1 The Salvation Army sent 'donut lassies' to soldiers on the front lines of France to make them donuts. They could fry up to 7 donuts at a time in a battle worn helmet. This is why we celebrate national donut day in June and another Nov 5th since it's close to Remembrance/Veterans Day.
x8A0 TIL the government of Germany does not recognize Scientology as a religion. Scientology has been labelled officially as a ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’.
mW0P TIL a group of researchers using sonar to look for shipwrecks at the bottom of Lake Michigan found a Stonehenge-like structure 40 feet beneath the surface of the water - the formation could be as much as 10,000 years old.