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TIL after the first version of Word was shipped, Microsoft sent the whole developer team to Cancun on vacation

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ekBD TIL a 1995 WHO study that stated “Occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems” was never published because the US threatened to withdraw US funding for all WHO research projects
xygB TIL Tuition rates have risen by 1,120% since the 1970s, & student loan debt is now approaching $1.2 trillion.
rWPw TIL Coyotes are becoming more common in urban areas, with ~2000 in the Chicago area alone.
8aXNL TIL that a Soviet teenager Zinaida Portnova killed over 100 Nazis by poisoning them, Betrayed and captured, she is said to have shot the Nazi detective who captured her.
1aJod TIL in 1986 students at UC Santa Cruz voted to make the school's official mascot the Banana Slug. The chancellor refused to honour the result, instead polling just student-athletes on the question... who also voted overwhelmingly in favour of being the Banana Slugs.