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TIL Microsoft Windows took more work to build than the great pyramid.

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15JD TIL Most of the gold that is present today in the Earth’s crust and mantle was delivered to Earth by asteroid impacts
rRQBy TIL; The U.S. government eventually disbursed more than $1.6 billion in reparations to 82,219 Japanese Americans who had been interned and their heirs the government actions that were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership."
4X5bN TIL that many schools in the US still use the "cueing" method to teach students how to read, despite research showing that it's not effective. Cueing strategies include looking at the picture for context and trying to guess what word might make sense when you come to an unknown word.
nWEE9 TIL That Rocko from Rocko's Modern Life was voiced by Deputy James Garcia from Reno 911!
NXPgQ TIL that the Portuguese man o’ war is named due to its resemblance to the caravel, a sailing ship also known as a Portuguese man o’ war.