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TIL Windows 95 was the second most installed piece of software on computers in 1995. First place went to DOOM.

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YpjBG TIL Master of Puppets was the first metal album to be preserved by the US Library of Congress
DQG9e TIL Blue Coral Snakes have unusually long venom glands, extending to 25% of the length of the body. Their prey consists mostly of other venomous snakes.
BrpLy TIL that the box jellyfish has 24 eyes, two of which are capable of seeing color, and four parallel information processing areas that act in competition. This makes it one of the few creatures to have a 360-degree view of its environment.
AD0G7 TIL a secret room under the Medici Chapel is covered in charcoal sketches by Michelangelo, who lived there for three months while hiding from the Pope
YARv TIL that the CIA once owned dummy corporation, “Air America,” that operated as a civilian airline but was used to conduct military operations.