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TIL the default wallpaper for Windows XP is actually a real film photograph taken in California, NOT a photoshopped image. It was hand-delivered by the photographer to Microsoft in Seattle and is considered the most viewed photograph in the world.

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PYyOG TIL that the cheesy 80s star Charo was actually one of the world’s best flamenco guitar players
Nnb1 TIL When the Kurds revolted against British rule in the 1920’s, Winston Churchill said; “I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against the uncivilized tribes… it would spread a lively terror.” Decades later, Saddam Hussein did what Churchill advocated (Poison Gas Attack on Halabja, 1988).
NP7Q TIL:While Eminem was in rehab, Elton John would call him weekly to check on him.
gv5b TIL slow music playing in a restaurant makes perception of time slow by about 13%, and also makes customers buy up to 40% more drinks than normal
DR1V TIL the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean had a God of disorder and chaos called ‘Juracán’. This word is the origin of the English word 'hurricane’