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TIL, Xerox's Daybreak computer had an emulator for IBM PC as early as 1985, and this was many years before VMs were made for regular home computers.

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yQQLv TIL about the Pitch Drop Experiment. A lump of pitch was placed in a funnel in 1927. Only nine drops have fallen in 90 years.
vKkL TIL there are bacon avocados which “have a creamy bacon taste with a nut-like afterflavor.” Where have you been all my life?
pYr7p TIL: Castrati were singers who were castrated before puberty to develop a unique voice for singing. They were primarily in church choirs and operas. Italian operas without one would be doomed to fail. The Pope tried to ban them in 1748, but failed as it would drastically reduce church attendance.
Ypmvd TIL that Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather books who’d also adapted them to film, had no idea what he was doing as he’d never written a screenplay before. After winning two Oscars, he decided to buy a book on screenwriting to learn how. In the first chapter, it said “Study Godfather I”.
YvDW TIL in a part of southern India there is a custom for children to kill their parents when they get too old or if they can’t afford to take care of them.