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TIL that Microsoft Excel 2000 contains a secret racing game that users can play.

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9wV07 TIL about the 'Sacamantecas' (Spanish for "Fat Extractor"), a bogeyman in Spanish folklore similar to the sack man, based on Manuel Blanco, Spain's first documented serial killer who abducted people to extract their body fat and make soap.
mdYo TIL a photographer in NY took portraits of the least likely to be adopted dogs at a shelter, to portray their personality and aid in their adoption. All dogs that had their portrait taken were adopted.
lGoV TIL that several psychological studies have demonstrated the link between low intelligence, racist beliefs, and authoritarian attitudes.
JAkQ TIL that 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese during the Rape of Nanking, which is 80,000 more deaths than the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
KYljQ TIL Theodore Roosevelt's wife and mother both died on the very same day of unrelated health issues