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TIL During a presentation of Windows 98 beta by Bill Gates in 1998, the demo PC crashed with a blue screen of death when his assistant plugged in a scanner to demonstrate Windows 98's Plug and Play support. The crowd applauded and Gates said, "That must be why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet."

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