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TIL Minesweeper and Solitaire were added to Windows back in the 3.1 days, to train mouse discipline without the users even realizing they were learning. Solitaire was added to teach users how to Drag and Drop, Minesweeper taught using the right/left mouse buttons and mouse precision/control

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47R5 TIL Captain Hazelwood was widely portrayed as as a drunk captain who steered the Exxon Valdez aground in 1989. He was in his berth at the time of the collision, the drug test with his name was mishandled, and a search of the ship only turned up two beer bottles.
9wL4r TIL that the city of Tulsa is basically a contraction of the word “Tallahassee”, the Creek word for “Old Town”.
b6Daj TIL they celebrate American Thanksgiving in the Netherlands.
QJrD9 TIL In 2001, Pizza Hut Delivered a Pizza to the International Space Station.
aw5dA TIL that the oldest unopened Wine Bottle is +1650 years old