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TIL that Microsoft was accused of an anti-semitic conspiracy because in the Wingdings font, typing in “NYC” results in “☠✡?”.

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a8PpN TIL about the KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite, which used stereo film cameras to monitor Soviet military capability with a ground resolution greater than 2 ft. The film was wound in 4 maneuverable re-entry vehicles that could carry up to 77,500 ft each, and were recovered at 50,000 ft via aircraft.
Agl4 TIL in 1983, a small town in Missouri was permanently evacuated when high levels of dioxin were discovered in soil samples. It was discovered that a man hired to oil the dirt roads to keep dust down had used waste from a company making Agent Orange.
8aDr8 TIL It was suggested to use atomic bombs to blow up part of Alaska to make a harbor
BgdBr TIL that there is a mcdonald's restaurant located in one of Budapest's main railway stations (a 19th century building) which has been chosen europe's most beautiful mcdonald's at one point.
grjx9 TIL that an early Irish legal text allowed for a pregnant woman to steal limited amounts of food if she had a craving for it