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TIL that the Windows 10 background is an actual Photo and not a 3D render

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EgWjo TIL that in Kongthong village of Meghalaya in India, people have two names, one being a regular name and the other being a song name called ‘Jingrwai Lawbei', which is a musical tunes as names
XENNk TIL Idaho passed bill HCR029 in 2005, which praised the film Napolean Dynamite for increasing state tourism. "WHEREAS, any members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the Legislature of the State of Idaho who choose to vote "Nay" on this concurrent resolution are "FREAKIN' IDIOTS!"
KYyMa TIL that multiple small body fragments were found in one of the engines on United Airlines Flight 811, indicating at least one of the nine victims ejected was sucked into the engine
LR5Z TIL that in order to familiarise the Bhutanese people with the process of elections, the country held a mock election between parties of four differently coloured dragons. The yellow dragon party won.
EgyZP TIL in 1948, Paul Hermann Müller won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the potent toxic effects on insects by DDT. This pesticide was later on linked to deaths and adverse reproductive effects in both animals and humans.