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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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R7Jp8 TIL they don’t use street addresses in Nicaragua and instead navigate by reference points. For example, “two blocks to the lake, then go three blocks south and one down.” This method is even used to address mail and deliver pizzas.
Dpe TIL Human Hair has about the same tensile strength as steel of the same width
Omv1 TIL Mulan is currently the only official member of the Disney Princess franchise who is technically not a legitimate princess “in the traditional sense,” as she was neither born the daughter of a king or queen, nor does she become princess consort by marrying a prince.
0wwBv TIL that as a part of his celibacy experiments, Mahatma Gandhi used to sleep nude with his young female companions which included his 17 year old grand-niece Mridula Gandhi
9Y5AM TIL The Paraguayan Fortress of Humaitá was known as the Gibraltar of South America. The security of the fortress likely caused overconfidence in President Francisco Solano López, who launched the Paraguayan War, which he lost, 150,000 Paraguayans died, and Humaitá was razed by the Triple Alliance.