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TIL that the Pentagon still runs many of their computers with Windows 95

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KGoQ TIL one of the most isolated memorials on earth was built by hand by the family members of UTA Flight 772. It took over 2 months to construct and can be seen with Google Earth.
yVl5l TIL that the soap opera Days of Our Lives' first season has won 241 awards and was nominated for 631 more. Started in 1965, the show's first season is still ongoing and contains well over 14 thousand episodes.
d8mj TIL that praising kids for their intelligence may actually stifle their progress. Instead, they should be praised for their effort.
RP6Q TIL that the gene that was bred into tomatoes by commercial farmers to give them a uniform color had the unintended result of preventing internal sugar reactions that give tomatoes flavor. This mutation (and lack of flavor) has been bred into almost all commercial American tomatoes.
rRe50 TIL that while filming Batman and Robin the beautiful Alicia Silverstone was referred to as “Fatgirl” by both critics and people on the production end. A Storyboard artist even drew a nasty cartoon of her as an “inside joke.”