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TIL a 1990s April Fools prank at Microsoft nearly got the pranksters fired when they printed up hundreds of fake product boxes and snuck them into software stores -- Microsoft Coffee

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rR5OW TIL that an Australasian based company is making progress in combatting dementia by literally transplanting cells into patients' brains to promote regeneration of the nervous system.
LkdG0 TIL in 1978 a Jumbo Jet bound for JFK airport with400 passengers lost an engine and was about to crash on a crowded Athens neighborhood, but Just 57 meters above ground the pilot managed to safely land on a mountain. Based on flight data gathered afterwards, the plane crashed in every simulation
9w0P7 TIL of Shinkolobwe, a mine located in the Haut-Katanga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It produced the most economical Uranium that was used for the Manhattan Project and subsequent nuclear weapons produced by the United States in the 1940s and 50s.
WEZY TIL that in 1994, Bill Gates bought the Da Vinci Codex for $30M and then had it scanned and distributed as screensaver and wallpapers for Windows95
1mEW TIL Urban Dictionary has been used in many court cases to define slang terms that are not found in dictionaries and that some states’ DMVs refer to it to determine if certain license plates are appropriate or not