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TIL the S in Harry S. Truman doesn't stand for anything

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ANQl TIL When Brian Eno was creating the Windows 95 Startup Theme he made 84 pieces that were 3 and ¼ seconds long.
8aD8 TIL that once Truman left the presidency, his only income was his old army pension - $112.56 per month. “I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.”
aJ5N TIL That the fedora wearing neck beard meme is Gordon Crisp from Freaks and Geeks!
EgOBP TIL that according to the CIA factbook, 12% of the world's languages are concentrated in Papua New Guinea, that contains more than 839 distinct languages.
WRAA TIL that Michael Jackson prank called Russell Crow for “three fucking years” despite the pair having never met.