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9 Things You Didn't Know About Microsoft Corporation


Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). It's one of the world five largest publicly traded companies. It employs 121,000  people around the world. Its software runs on over a billion devices globally. By every measure, it is one of the most important companies on Earth.

But those are just the hard facts about Microsoft. They're far from the most interesting, and sometimes funny, things to know when it comes to the global software colossus. Let's look at nine facts and figures you may not have known about Microsoft.

Ambient-music pioneer and record producer Brian Eno created 84 jingles before landing on the right set of tones and effects for the Windows 95 jingle. Eno was tasked with condensing a wide array of emotions, including being "inspiring, universal ... optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional," into a mere 3.25 seconds. The project was also said to have helped Eno break through a creative logjam in his own work. 

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