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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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kJn05 TIL a pickle is a cucumber
eXPL TIL ‘Carmen 16’ is a poem written by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 BC – c. 54 BC) that is considered so sexually explicit it wasn’t published in English until the late 20th century. It is considered one of the filthiest expressions ever written in Latin, or any language, for that matter.
DE5D TIL that, at one point, being randomly drugged with LSD was considered an “occupational hazard” while working in the CIA.