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

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KvEJ TIL the band Kansas had one shot to impress a record producer in the small town of Ellinwood, Kansas. In order to look as good as possible the band promised free beer to all people who attended. The venue was packed and the producer signed them.
4kAjb TIL that this is one of the first crime scene photos ever taken, Featured is the corpse of Madame Debeinche, who was murdered in her Paris apartment on May 5, 1903 .
yYal TIL that Exxon’s CEO has been fighting to stop fracking activity near his Texas home
loneB TIL Humans actually possess the protein (cryptochromes) needed for the detection of magnetic fields. But our brains doesn't seem to have any way to decode the information.
BgrEb TIL the fictional Seinfeld coffee shop “Monks” was named after the legendary jazz great Thelonious Monk. A poster of the pianist/composer just happened to be in the room when Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld needed a name for the shop while writing the show.