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TIL that the Internet Archive offers a huge collection of classic MS-DOS games, which can all be played directly in the browser

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e95E TIL that the bad spelling in email scams is intentional and there to weed out the more educated recipients.
6ERX TIL The Apollo 10 Lunar Lander was Short-Fueled for Fear that the Astronauts would land on the Moon
AD1bw TIL of the mysterious Williamson Tunnels in Liverpool, England, a series of extensive subterranean excavations, of unknown purpose.
l0KN TIL Simpsons producer Al Jean has stated his plan for the show’s final episode would involve the arrival of the Christmas pageant in the first episode, making the entire series a continuous loop
QWWp TIL that “nice”, when first used in English, meant “foolish, stupid, senseless”. It came through early French from the Latin nescius, meaning “ignorant”, literally “not-knowing”.