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TIL Microsoft Flight Simulator is the longest-running running software product line for Microsoft, predating Windows by three years.

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10gD TIL The Stroop effect (e.g. the printed word “blue” colored in red) was used to help detect Russian spies during the Cold War.
OGQJ1 TIL Beethoven admired Napoleon and the French Revolution. When Napoleon crowned himself emperor in 1804 Beethoven broke into a rage denouncing him, saying "He lowered himself to the level of an ordinary king."
9RbB TIL of the Horseshoe Theory. The idea is that the political spectrum isn’t a line, it’s more of a horseshoe shape. The extreme ends of the left and right are more similar to each other than moderate left and moderate right.
4XnK6 TIL that Atlanta’s HIV rate is so bad that it’s surpassing Third world African countries. Over 35,000 people currently live with the virus.
6EJa7 Til a CIA intelligence officer working undercover in Uganda became a minor celebrity as the lead singer of a popular local band known as the "Kampala Jazz All-Stars"