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TIL Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson were college room mates and staged a break-in of their own apartment to convince their landlord to fix the windows. A private investigator eventually tracked them down.

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b0G0 TIL that on September 11th, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file retirement paperwork. When he heard the explosion at the world trade center he immediately responded and was later killed when one of the towers collapsed. He was the only off-duty officer killed on 9/11.
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7jVb TIL that Microsoft once sued Mike Rowe, a high school student who registered MikeRoweSoft.com for his part-time web design project. Eventually a settlement was reached, with Microsoft purchasing the domain in exchange for an Xbox console.
9Yylp TIL the icon with three horizontal bars representing a menu is called a hamburger button.