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TIL When Brian Eno was creating the Windows 95 Startup Theme he made 84 pieces that were 3 and ¼ seconds long.

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E1L9W TIL: President Nixon, wife Pat, and Henry Kissinger took lessons and practiced for months to learn to use chopsticks properly, in preparation for the dinner banquet on his visit to China in 1972.
BxXb TIL Gaius gracchus, the ancient roman politician, had a bounty put on his head to the price of the head’s weight in gold. Although the head was delivered, the prize was never paid, as it was discovered that Gaius’ captor had emptied out his brain and replaced it with molten lead.
pBQe TIL There is an island called Socotra and it has 825 rare species of plants, 90% of its reptile species and 95% of its land snail species do not occur anywhere else in the world.
jNlDn TIL That the drought of 1976-77 aligned harmoniously with the rise of skateboarding. In effort to conserve water, pools were being emptied all throughout Southern California. With that, emerging skaters like Tony Alva, Steve Olson, and the late Jay Adams were jumping fences and skating empty pools.
RZrj TIL that the United States can literally sue your possessions, and since they are not people, they can be declared guilty with no evidence or trial.