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TIL Bill Gates was so addicted to Minesweeper, he used to sneak into a colleague’s office after work to play.

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9Yox6 TIL kamikaze pilots weren't 100% volunteer. Pilots were asked to put their hand up in a big group if they didn't want to volunteer. Amid peer pressure, hardly anyone was able to say no to the mission.
OGy41 TIL: Kimberly Vanvaeck, otherwise known as Gigabyte, wrote the first C# virus along with several other viruses after a long standing dispute with Graham Cluley who worked for an internet security firm. The dispute was due to Cluley making several comments about the gender of virus writers.
J1A5l TIL the random parts added for effect in model making are called "Greeblies"
ZnXv TIL Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis was stolen during his autopsy and given to a priest in Corsica. In 1977, a urologist purchased it for $3,000 and kept it under his bed for 30 years until he died. The urologist’s daughter inherited the penis and has fielded at least one $100,000 offer.
D1v6r TIL that J (Juliett) in the NATO alphabet is spelled with an extra T for French speakers who would otherwise pronounce it with a silent T if the extra one wasn’t there