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TIL There is 'Windows for submarines™', and it's still being used

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JxX1 TIL a man ate only bacon for 30 days, and lost about 20 lbs in 1 month.
ADDaa TIL when researchers from the University of Texas instructed people to spend a number of dollars a week either on experiences or on material goods, the first group felt happier afterwards. The reason is that the goods remain the same, so we stop noticing them, but experiences bring more variety.
WJdo TIL Stalin imprisoned 200,000 people for telling jokes against the USSR
OX0Y TIL in 1893 the Queen of Hawaii attempted to restore power to the crown and the native Hawaiians, with the support of more than two-thirds of registered voters. She was immediately overthrown by American businessmen and Hawaii soon became part of the United States.
WXlA TIL that in the 1980s the Naval Investigative Service undertook a massive and futile search for a woman named “Dorothy” in the Chicago area, after hearing gay men refer to themselves as “friends of Dorothy”. They believed she was at the center of a ring of gay military personnel.