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TIL it took 18 months for Microsoft to create the Windows Vista 4-second startup sound. The soundbite was picked from hours of audio recorded by King Crimson's guitarist Robert Fripp.

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n8Vd TIL At birth, Halibut have an eye on each side of the head, and swim like a salmon. After six months, one eye migrates to the other side, making them look more like flounder. At the same time, the stationary-eyed side darkens to match the top side, while the other side remains white.
wopG8 TIL that when Wendy's re-entered the Japanese market in 2014, they partnered up with (and eventually bought) a Japanese fast food chain named First Kitchen ('Fasuto Ki'chin"). Since Japanese speakers prefer abbreviated names, Wendy's First Kitchen became known in Japan as "Fakkin."
0g6R TIL Sony’s “free engraving” program has saved them over a million dollars due to stricter return policies for engraved items
0d6pL TIL about the skull of a 14 year-old girl believed to be a victim of cannibalism “starving time” at the Jamestown colony in the winter of 1609. Butchery marks can be seen on the skull.
4X76b TIL Helen Keller was a librarian at public and college libraries including Drexel Institute and Columbia University and authored The Reader's Digest of Books.