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TIL DavesFrameClass was the window class that drew the CPU meter on the Performance page of Task Manager

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wLN67 TIL that Dalmatians we’re used as guard dogs for horses who would become scare at the scene of a fire. Since they stopped using horses it became the mascot of fire stations.
a8pYo TIL Un'estate italiana, the official song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy, was composed by Giorgio Moroder, the same Giorgio featured by Daft Punk in Giorgio by Moroder
M7emK TIL that 1.6% of the general population has Borderline Personality Disorder: a disorder that is characterized by hypersensitivity to rejection and resulting instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affect and behavior.
9bEm TIL in WW2, Nazis rigged skewed-hanging-pictures with explosives in buildings that would be prime candidates for Allies to set up a command post from. When Ally officers would set up a command post, they tended to straighten the pictures, triggering these “anti-officer crooked picture bombs”
ye9J TIL A ‘Republic’ places sovereignty in each individual person, whereas a 'Democracy’ is essentially a dictatorship of the Majority.