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TIL that users had to pay $20 to beta-test Windows 95. The beta copies were timed and not upgradeable, and the beta testers were not eligible for any discount on the final version.

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0dRkp TIL of William E. Boeing who dropped out of Yale University in 1903. Boeing founded the United Aircraft & Transport Corp. but in 1934, the Air Mail Act was passed. Boeing was forced to break his company up into 3 separate entities which included 'Boeing' and 'United Airlines.'
JEk TIL more people are bitten by New Yorkers each year than sharks.
GANZE TIL Van Gogh's sister in law was behind Van Gogh’s posthumous success and fame, She dedicated her life to spreading his art and legacy after his death, She preserved and published his letters, organized and exhibited his paintings, wrote and translated articles and books about him
R5dr1 TiL: In the early days of airmail a pilot, named Dean Smith, was forced to land on a cow causing his plane to wreck. It scared him.
YrbP TIL that someone built a Ferrari dragster that has a train supercharger.