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TIL "Mozilla" of Mozilla Firefox stands for "Mosaic Killer," Mosaic being the leading early internet browser.

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R7jB1 TIL John Frusciante’s primary source of inspiration while writing Stadium Arcadium was Enter the Wu-Tang(36 Chambers). He listened to the album nearly every day while writing.
gMGd8 TIL that Burying the dead has been illegal in San Francisco since 1901. Because space was limited and real estate at a premium even back then, the city outlawed burials and moved all cemeteries to neighboring Colma, CA.
v18Jx TIL the earliest known recording of a radio broadcast is of an address delivered by Woodrow Wilson on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1923, only a few months before his death
n107 TIL that amid widespread chocolate shortage during WW2, Pietro Ferrero sought to create a chocolate treat that would be affordable for struggling families. The result was “supercrema,” a spread made with just a little bit of chocolate and a lot of the hazelnuts. Now we call it Nutella.
rRxpd TIL: The mouse was invented and patented by Doug Engelbart in 1963, though when asked who named it he said “No one can remember. It just looked like a mouse with a tail, and we all called it that.” The wire “tail” originally came out under the user’s wrist.