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TIL Microsoft Flight Simulator is Microsoft's longest-running software product line, predating Windows by three years

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awkAL TIL to help prostitute's business in 16th c. Venice, the authorities designated a bridge where they could stand and show their breasts to potential clients. The bridge still stands to this day and is called "Ponte delle Tette" or the bridge of tits.
GY7pN TIL: Doctor Who's Dalek enemies were featured in a 2003 WB movie 'Looney Toons: Back in Action' as the director assumed they were public domain. They aren't, leading to legal troubles.
yQMee TIL Monty Hall was born Monte Halparin. Excluded from medical school due to secret quotas restricting the number of Jewish students, he got a job in broadcasting. His station misspelled and shortened his names, making him Monty Hall. He co-created and hosted "Let's Make a Deal" for almost 30 years.
0M4y TIL in World War I, Germans used a non-lethal gas that could penetrate American gas masks and cause vomiting. When soldiers removed their masks to vomit, they were exposed to the fatal gasses already in the air.
kOj5m TIL Despite cement shoes being an execution method commonly associated with the mafia and other gangs, the first and only documented case of cement shoes used in a murder happened in May 2016.