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TIL solitaire was originally included in earlier computer programs to help users strengthen their clicking and dragging skills.

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wL66M TIL In a scene of Jojo Rabbit (2019), “Heil Hitler” is said 31 times in one minute! According to writer/director Taika Waititi, he wanted a funny moment, but also wanted to illustrate how ridiculous Nazi protocols were.
69dwm TIL: the term "boycott" was named after Charles Boycott, an Irish land agent who attempted to evict eleven tenants in 1880. He was ostracized by the community and his workers stopped working stores stopped trading with him, and his postman refused to deliver his mail.
jNMDE TIL a set of triplets was intentionally separated at birth and given to three sets of parents with intentionally varied socioeconomic backgrounds as part of an experiment. It was uncovered when two of the triplets happened to attend the same college in 1980
BgWxb TIL in 1951, a Nazi soldier was found alive after being trapped in a bunker in Poland since before WW2 ended in 1945. Six soldiers were trapped, two died by suicide, two died from unknown causes, and another died from a heart attack after being found
gMxPb TIL that the Panama Canal is 85 feet ABOVE sea level and uses new Locks to conserve water.