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TIL that Microsoft has official anime mascots of various windows operating systems. They use these mascots to promote their products in various regions of Asia.

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w6X1 TIL only 4 Alabama counties require a law degree to become a Probate Judge
Dopv TIL a New York photographer went unnoticed before her suicide at age 22. Today Francesca Woodman is famous for the over 800 hauntingly beautiful and surreal photographs she left behind.
l7Gea TIL the term "canary" in software deployment comes from coal miners who used actual canaries as early warning systems. Miners took these birds underground since they're extremely sensitive to toxic gases like carbon monoxide. If the canary fell ill or died, it was a signal for miners to evacuate.
l7807 TIL that the Sega Saturn was Sega's best-selling console in Japan and even outsold the Nintendo 64 in that region
BrBQr TIL of the Third Plague Pandemic- an outbreak of bubonic plague that killed 15 million people between 1855-1960. In Hong Kong, where the bacterium responsible was identified (Y. pestis), the plague recurred every year for 30 years.