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TIL the true purpose of Microsoft Solitaire and Minesweeper was to teach mouse-fluency by stealth

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j65bE TIL that Marilyn Monroe’s real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson. She legally changed it to Marilyn Monroe before her first major modeling gig.
D6wp TIL the 9/11 tragedy released a cloud of asbestos fibers over NYC. 400 tons of asbestos was in the WTC building. An estimated 410,000 people were exposed to the toxic substance. Nearly 70% of rescuers have lung problems. Experts expect cancer diagnoses to peak in 2041-four decades after the attack.
e06mg TIL: American cigarette brands add sugar in cigarettes to increase the appeal and addictive potential of smoking, which also ends up increasing toxicity and cancer risk.
mxVlM TIL when Dungeons & Dragons was released, various groups believed it was a front for murderous Satanists. This lead to Tom Hanks’ first starring role in the TV propaganda movie Mazes and Monsters, in which he becomes his D&D character and stabs a hobo in Manhattan because he thought it was a goblin.
RRAl TIL That, according to some interpretations, the US Presidential Succession Act is unconstitutional, and members of Congress cannot succeed to the Presidency.