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TIL the Pinball game on windows was actually a demo for a full collection of Pinball games.

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4X7R TIL A kid lied to his friends about being Jay Leno’s nephew. He wrote Leno who then dropped him off at school at the kid’s request. [Story at 10:31]
XEMA8 TIL The Serbian border police annulles every passport stamp issued by the Republic of Kosovo with an “invalid” stamp to demonstrate its non-recognition of the Kosovo
RYo1 TIL that in 1980 the movie crew of “Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark” had to remove over 300 TV antennas from the Tunisian 1980 background of Kairouan to resemble the 1936 Cairo background until a man wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt strolls through the background just minutes later.
BrEPb TIL research reveals slow left lane drivers are spiking accident rates. Slowing down and changing lanes multiple times can be far more dangerous than speeding, causing almost 10 percent of highway accidents. Some drivers are misguided in believing they are keeping people safer by slowing traffic
JYA1Q TIL about the Wobbly Bridge in London. In June 2000 pedestrians walking across the new Millennium Bridge unconsciously synced up their steps with the bridge's natural movement, causing it to sway more than intended. Fearing collapse, engineers closed the bridge for 2 years to address the problem.