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TIL the Paris airport still runs on Windows 3.1
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TIL in 1959 Apartheid South Africa, the words “European” and “Non-European” were replaced by “Whites” and “Non-Whites” at Johannesburg Airport, because Americans tended to use the Non-European doors in order to distinguish themselves from actual Europeans.
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TIL After watching Star Wars in 1977, James Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry
KOnoa
TIL the story of Edwin Fist. Stole hundreds of irreplaceable birds from a museum in England to sell the feathers online to people who tie flies for fishing.
gjw9
TIL that cruise ships dump 1 billion gallons of sewage into the ocean every year
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TIL Chinese businessman hired a hitman to "take out" his competitor. But the hitman hired another man to do the job — forging a five-man-deep chain of bumbling subcontractors. The plan crumbled when the final hitman met the man, named only as Wei, in a cafe and proposed faking his death.