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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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xVwbb TIL Conservation efforts are saving the kākāpō on Codfish Island that are being threatened by the fungal infection Aspergillosis.
JwaV TIL that African soldiers fighting against the Japanese in Burma during WWII appropriated and manipulated the rumors that they were cannibals. To demonstrate this, soldiers pretended to eat the ‘meat’ of fallen soldiers so that remaining survivors would flee in fear
DkrJ TIL There is a Rock Paper Scissors tournament held in Las Vegas that pays the winner $50k.
5VxvP TIL the Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series rings include an engraving of the infamous Billy Goat that was refused entry during the 1945 World Series, causing the owner to lay a curse on the team.
v1Zpx TIL Kurdish forces allegedly volunteered to join the Allied Forces during WWII, but the offer was declined