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TIL With the release of Windows 95, Microsoft couldn’t figure out how to make the system more intuitive for people to use, and they hired a trained behavioral psychologist who would then create the solution: the Start button.

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logDK TIL that Russia has 11 time zones
VBL0m TIL that after data reviews, "no evidence [was found] that placebo interventions in general have large clinical effects"
DQVeD Today I learned that Ludwig IV (*1286-† 1347) was crowned Emperor by the Roman people in 1328 at St. Peter’s Basilica, bypassing the Pope’s authority after being excommunicated, to assert his independence and secure his legitimacy.
W1yd TIL that Rep. Tom Moore Jr. once submitted legislation to the Texas legislature in favor of honoring notorious murderer Albert DeSalvo “for his work in ‘population control’” as an April Fool’s Day joke. Without paying any attention to it, it was unanimously passed.
ANgN7 TIL that 27-year-old R. Kelly illegally married underage 15 year old singer Aaliyah