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TIL Microsoft was about to use “Prepare to Fly” slogan for Windows XP launch but dropped it because the 9/11 happened.

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exA4 TIL that when you encounter some information for the first time and then begin to notice it everywhere, you’re experiencing the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
oRdVY TIL about Tigress Khairi, a wild tigress raised by an Indian conservationist couple In the 1970s, Saroj Raj Choudhury and his wife whom they considered as their own daughter. She only ate from her foster mother's hand and would sleep in their bed. Tragically, she died early due to rabies from a dog.
J1XBl TIL That the average person is willing to pay 19k to 52k per year for housekeeping services
rgb4 TIL: Scientists Have Discovered Sharks That Live in a Volcano
dvw9 TIL when Adolf Eichmann, aka “the architect of the Holocaust”, was on trial for his war crimes, he couldn’t afford the attorney he wanted. Not wanting any reason to question the legitimacy of the trial, the Israeli government paid for Eichmann to be represented by the lawyer of his choosing.