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TIL that the majority of computers do not measure time in hours or days but instead use “Unix Time” which is the exact number of seconds that have passed since January 1st 1970. The current Unix time is 1467042820.

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0drmp TIL Elton John's moving song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" was written as a tribute to a friend who talked him out of suicide and helped him come to terms with his homosexuality. The friend was musician Long John Baldry more well known nowadays for voicing Dr. Robotnik in the 90s Sonic cartoon.
rNaB0 TIL in 2005, a guy named Doug Heckman read the EULA before he installed some PC software. The agreement included a clause offering 'financial compensation' to licensees who actually read the license agreement. He emailed the company, referred to the clause and the company sent him a check for $1,000
NlPM TIL that after having his throat cut, Irish revolutionary leader Wolfe Tone was told that if he tried to speak he would re-open his wound and bleed to death. He replied, “So be it”, and died.
WkrQo TIL The legal battles over the "Monkey Selfie" ruined the photographers life to the point of making him drop photography to find work as a dog walker.
j6Kea TIL the director for the music video for the K-Pop song "Sonata of Temptation" by Ivy was sued by Square Enix on accounts of plagiarism for recreating scenes from the 2005 film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children without legal permission.