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TIL Microsoft used a cracked version of Sony Sound Forge to create sounds in Windows XP

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GO7N TIL that having held military positions that required him to be, in his own words, “tough” and “mean”, “the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, etc.”, Bob Ross decided that if he ever left the military, he would never scream again.
EgMlX TIL about John L Burns, a 70-year-old veteran of the war of 1812 who was caught in the crossfire during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863; after being released from his confederate prison, he promptly arrested the traitorous stragglers and took up his flintlock against the rest.
Oo50L TIL a reporter who wrote stories about a serial killer was actually the serial killer himself
p8908 TIL To be legal, prop money for films in the U.S. must be one-sided and less than 75% or more than 150% of the size of a real banknote
yQwZa TIL that in 2012 F1 team Lotus agreed to pay Kimi Raikkonen around 50,000 euros for every point he scores in two years. Kimi ended up scoring 390 points in those two years resulting in 19.4 million euros bonus (higher than his salary), which almost ended up bankrupting Lotus.