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TIL that id software’s distribution model was once the envy of Microsoft because Doom had a larger install base than early versions of Windows.

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Q6b9 TIL of King Kamehameha the Great who was the founder and the first ruler of the Hawaiian islands. Akira Toriyama immortalized his name by giving to one of the most widely used attacks in DBZ.
yoMe TIL that the oldest Parisian café in continuous operation is “Café Procope”. It was opened in 1686
gMnRb TIL there are PTSD service dogs who wake veterans up from nightmares, alert of high blood pressure or cortisol levels in the blood, dial suicide hotlines & 911 on a dog-friendly phone, and more.
MeJjK TIL in 1898 The Meister Print ( the Meister Footprint) was found it refers to two trilobites in slate that appeared to be crushed in a human shoe print in a 500million years old strata near Antelope springs,Utah. Was considered a evidence against evolution but was discarded by paleontologists.
Qmne TIL that in Raiders of the Lost Ark, they limited the onscreen blood from gun shots during the truck chase by using fine red dust instead of liquid fake blood. Unfortunately, the only red dust available for the squibs was Cayenne Pepper, which caused a lot of suffering for the stunt crew.