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

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MeVX0 TIL that Apatheism is the belief that if a god exists, or not, it does not matter, because the effect is the same. Therefore there is no point engaging in worship or even positing the question of existence of the god at all.
5YM69 TIL that the most streamed Beatles song on music platforms is one performed by George Harrison (“Here Comes The Sun”)- not John Lennon or Paul McCartney - and that Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” is also the best-selling solo Beatles album
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