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

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ep5Dk TIL of Marcus McDilda, an American pilot who was captured two days after Hiroshima was bombed. He was tortured and interrogated about how many atomic bombs America had, and knowing nothing about their existence, lied and said America had 100 and would destroy Tokyo and Kyoto within several days.
4DOJ TIL Amazon created an entirely new font called “Bookerly” specifically designed to be easy to read on Kindles and other digital screens.
Qg6M TIL that Jennifer Aniston was offered a spot as a featured player on Saturday Night Live, but turned it down to accept the role of Rachel on Friends
W8Qd TIL that the wet wipe industry and sewerage companies are fighting over what it means to be “flushable” with the sewerage companies claiming that they had to remove lumps as big as 10 tons from their sewer systems.
GA1pG Today I learned about Frank Emmanuel Petersen Jr, the first black Marine Corp Aviator and General. Tomorrow is the anniversary of Peterson being promoted to brigadier general in 1979. The navy currently has a Arleigh-Burke class destroyer named after him the ship's motto is "Into the Tiger's Jaw!"