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TIL Windows 95 was the second most installed piece of software on computers in 1995; videogame DOOM was first.

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nQG7 TIL of Witold Pilecki, a Polish Army officer who volunteered to get imprisoned in Auschwitz to gather intelligence and escape
LaVr TIL that catapults were used in WWI to throw grenades into enemy trenches.
VMd8B TIL salt mines are used for storage because of their lots of space, low humidity (45%), and low risk of fires. E.g. in Kansas.
0d48A TIL Carrie-Anne Moss, Trinity in Matrix trilogy, also took a part on a TV Series called Matrix (1993) about an assassinated hitmen who stuck in between worlds and given a second chance to redeem himself in the real world by helping others.
Mx97 TIL the people of Buganda, in Uganda, speak Luganda.