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TIL Voltaire never said “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”

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Mewna TIL of Charles O'Rear, a photographer who snapped the famous grassy hill (Bliss) image used as the default background for Windows XP. Another photo of his, "Full Moon over Red Dunes," was also considered for the default, yet was denied because testers thought the sand dunes resembled buttcheeks.
5VxKD TIL a co-star in the original Night of the Living Dead was a part owner of the movie’s production company, helped with zombie makeup and more. His on-screen wife was his business partner and their zombie daughter was actually his daughter in real life
Lw9Z TIL that the game “Football Manager” has been cited in at least 35 divorce cases in Britain in the year 2012 alone
VJR0 TIL that taller people make bigger salaries. Approx $789 a year per inch
l7OA7 TIL US President Lyndon Johnson installed a shower in the White House that had the intensity of a firehouse and got so hot it regularly set of the fire alarms. One of Nixon's first acts as president was to have the shower torn out.