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TIL Microsoft Solitaire was added to Windows to familiarize new users with the mouse.

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epeOn Today I learned that Winston Churchill's mother Jennie took as a second husband George Cornwallis West, who was 20 years her junior. Thus, Winston Churchill technically had a stepfather who was his own age (just sixteen days older, to be exact).
E15ed TIL of the old jewish cemetery in prague. Dating back to 1478, it has gotten full so many times and they just kept adding layers. Now there are 12 layers of graves stacked on top of each other. There are about 12,000 visible tombstones but over 100,000 people buried there.
69WB7 TIL the blue Mustang nicknamed ‘Blucifer’ at the Denver international airport killed its creator, Luis Jiménez.
9YbVM TIL director John Landis (Trading Places, Blues Bros, American Werewolf in London, etc.) has a recurring gag in most of his films, referring to a fictional film that seems to be completely different every time it’s depicted.
Y7pjA TIL you don’t need a law degree to be a Supreme Court justice.