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TIL that all those Facebook pages with sick kids, wounded soldiers, lost babies or puppies about to be put down are all scams making their owners thousands of dollars.

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9wNmQ TIL that an intern at Microsoft made the popular game solitaire back in 1988. There were few computer games available at the time. Bill Gates approved Solitary, therefore it became a part of the Windows operating system.
xVvx0 TIL in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Emerald City is not green but is just a regular city, and everyone who enters it is forced to wear green-tinted glasses.
6RvW TIL the divide between West Germany and East Germany was so sharply defined it lead to houses and buildings being split down the middle
wLjOP TIL that Clancy Brown the main guard in Shawshank Redemption is the voice actor of Mr. Krabs from Spongebob.
Vkw4 TIL of “Unsinkable Sam” known to the Germans as “Oscar” a cat that served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.