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TIL that Microsoft has its own version of Linux. CBL-Mariner is used by the company's Azure cloud computing service.

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D1Jjr TIL that Pat McCormick, head writer for The Tonight Show, streaked across the stage during Johnny Carson's monologue in 1974. (For Golden Girls fans, McCormick was also the drugstore clerk who asked for a price check on condoms. https://youtu.be/BpNS8jYniLY)
w1lE TIL “when Socrates was asked to propose his own punishment, he suggested a wage paid by the government and free dinners for the rest of his life.”
d8pd9 TIL that approximately 11% of people have a mental health condition globally.
wL0bY TIL The most populous country that recognizes Taiwan is Guatelama, with a population of just under 18 million, followed by Haiti
gMEWX TIL Operation Midnight Climax was established in order to study the effects of LSD. Sex workers on the CIA payroll were instructed to lure clients back to the safehouses, where they were given LSD and studied through a one way glass to see if this could help the CIA's mind-control research program.