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TIL Microsoft considered using a photo called "Red Moon Desert" as the default wallpaper for Windows XP. It was taken by Charles O'Rear, who also took the "Bliss" photo ultimately chosen to be the default. Microsoft changed their mind after testers compared "Red Moon Desert" to buttocks.

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WNaX TIL that weeds don’t have any classification and that any plant could be considered a weed.
epAob TIL: The United States of America has more Olympic gold medals than any other country has total medals
yQO4J TIL after India, the state of Texas now has the world's second-largest tiger population
Oo0Ve TIL in 2010, a Japanese chef from Nagoya, Japan was crowned World Champion for having the best pizza in the world, topping 150 chefs from other countries, including Italy.
M7y0b TIL, like the "dearly departed," ancient Egyptians referred to their dead as "Westeners." The west bank of the Nile was considered the land of the dead most likely because the sun sets in west with the living on the east. Osiris, the God of the dead, is called Lord of the West.