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TIL Michigan has the most expensive car insurance rates

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5V70Q TIL - Microsoft "BOB", the failed user-friendly interface for Win 3.x, was created as a direct response to Packard Bell's earlier "Navigator". MS tried to force them to use BOB instead, forcing Navigator off with Win 95, threats of higher Windows prices, and licensing changes forbidding alt shells.
RlM4 TIL Stanford University’s Band has been banned from several campuses and even Disneyland. Some of their offenses include mocking a case of a missing girl at Southern Cal during halftime, and playing outside OJ Simpson’s trial.
m1rwE TIL the first 100k pressings of "Tiger Woods 99: PGA Tour Golf" for the Playstation contained a playable version of Southpark's "Jesus vs. Santa". After discovering the file, EA recalled all copies and issued new ones
wLJJY TIL that there are only seven countries where alcohol is illegal: Afghanistan, Maldives, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen
M5Am TIL the U.S. Patent office allowed someone to patent the idea of “wireless communication” in 2010. They are now suing Apple & Samsung.