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TIL that Windows XP's infamous "Space Cadet Pinball" was the demo version of game called "Full Tilt! Pinball" released in 1995

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rNdOW TIL that the oldest surviving video tape recording is from May 22, 1958 when the US President Dwight Eisenhower dedicates NBC'S WRC-TV new colour television studios in Washington D.C
VMPdQ TIL about the Great Storm of Galveston in 1900. The category 4 hurricane brought winds of 130 mph and tides of 15 feet. Upwards of 8,000 people were killed overnight. After the storm the city built a sea wall and raised building that survived by 10 feet!
WywA TIL that in 1982 a journalist sent out word-for-word copies of the screenplay for “Casablanca” to every Hollywood film agency. Of the 85 that read it, 33 recognized it and only four made an offer for it. The other 48 rejected the script outright.
j6rpR TIL the Bony-eared assfish has the smallest known brain-to-body weight ratio of all vertebrates.
VBAjp TIL Blade Runner 2049 was not the first sequel to Blade Runner. Prior to this film, a 1998 box office bomb called Soldier was produced with the intention of being the sequel. Props from Blade Runner were used even though Soldier's script had gone unproduced for over 15 years before filming began.