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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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eRxD TIL that there are tiny bugs closely related to spiders living in the pores of your face, which crawl about your face in the dark to mate.
loYxN TIL because Western music were so hard to come by in Soviet Russia, a counter culture known as the “stilyagi” began developing bootleg vinyl records from X-rays—also known as “bones”—that they would then sell on the black market. Getting caught with one resulted in 3-5 years in a hard labor camp.
nWx0Y TIL about the “Old Man of the Lake,” a 30-foot tall, 450 year old tree stump, most likely a hemlock, that has been bobbing vertically in Oregon's Crater Lake since at least 1896. Moving freely, it can be virtually anywhere on the lake, so boat captains commonly communicate its position for safety.
xy5o TIL that Samoa has a long history of acceptance and celebration of transgender females who are integral to their society and known as Fa'afafine.
APXx TIL there was a ban on sliced bread in the US in 1943.