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TIL that Microsoft “lost nearly $70 billion in market value” for trying to bundle Internet Explorer with Microsoft Windows products.

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mx7ex TIL that psychedelic therapy using substances like LSD and the active compounds in magic mushrooms and peyote cactus has flourished after decades of prohibition and has helped people with such mental disorders as obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, alcoholism, depression, and cluster headaches.
VEGm TIL the deserts of Tunisia housed the original Star Wars movie sets for the film’s planet Tatooine. More than 30 years after the premier of the first movie in the series, the sets are still very well preserved and visitors to Tunisia can even stay in Luke Skywalker’s home.
OG9GR TIL during the period aptly named as "the great dying" 57% of biological families on earth, uncluding 81% of marine life and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate went extinct. The likely cause is volcanic activity turned the oceans toxic and released toxic gas like sulfuric dioxide into the air
lov85 TIL Ryan Reynolds’ Van Wilder is based off the real life college partying days of comedian Bert Kreischer
N7n5E TIL that the United States, and not Saudi Arabia or Russia, is the largest oil producer in the world