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TIL Brian Eno (U2, David Bowie, Coldplay) composed the start up sound for Windows 95

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oRybY TIL that the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano was heard from 6000 miles away. For reference, that is the equivalent of hearing a sound from Moscow while being all the way in San Francisco. Before 2022, this record was held by the eruption of Krakatoa whose range was 3000 miles.
WbZY TIL that the US government gave VW $51 million in subsidies for “clean Diesels”.
Rym9 TIL in 2014 the ALS Association received $100.9 million in donations compared to $2.8 million during the same period the year before thanks to the ice bucket challenge.
6nRZ TIL Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) required “Bigfoot Protection” while filming the Endor scenes in ROTJ incase he was mistaken by a hunter.
oBZJR TIL the Goiania Incident was a mass radiation exposued caused when some poor people found a radioactive device in an abandoned hospital and passed it around, calling it "magical dust"