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TIL Brian Eno wrote the Windows 95 start up sound on a mac

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0wg7y TIL men ages 20 to 34 have lower grip and pinch strength than the same aged guys did three decades ago, and that the average grip strength for men ages 25 to 29 is nearly 26 pounds lower today than it was before.
M7Eva TIL that a squirrel buried seeds in Siberia 32,000 years ago during the Ice Age. Scientists later discovered the seeds, grew them into flowering plants, and revived an extinct species (Silene stenophylla).
GA1xj TIL Napoleon's invasion of Syria was stopped by the defensive work of Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux, a former classmate of Napoleon. Phélippeaux was a royalist working on behalf of British/Ottomans at Acre where he rebuilt the defenses. Napoleon failed to seize Acre and gave up the campaign.
KWOE TIL In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any account using the password “eh”.
5YwRQ TIL that the gun Vincent van Gogh used to shoot himself with was recently sold for €162,500 (£144,000; $182,000), almost three times more than expected. It was billeted as "the most famous weapon in art history".