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"Bliss", the the default computer wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP, was taken by former NatGeo photographer, Charles O'Rear while he was on his way to his girlfriend in 1996.

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Chuck O'Rear, Original Photographer of "Bliss" (The Windows XP Background) Met his Future wife on the same day he took his most famous picture

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1. What causes that thudding noise while driving fast with the rear windows open and what it's called; the "Helmholtz resonance".

2. Ford imports the Transit Connect to America with rear windows, seats, and belts and then promptly removes them upon arrival to avoid a 25 percent light truck tax

3. In 2006 Werner Herzog saved Joaquin Phoenix from a car wreck by breaking his rear window

4. For more than twenty years, between 1961 and 1983, Hitchcock retained the rights to five of his most famous movies and kept them from the public eye. These included Vertigo, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Rope. Paramount eventually regained the rights and released them again to the public.

5. The iconic photo of a green countryside that served as the default wallpaper in Windows for years was taken in Sonoma, California by a photographer named Chuck O'Rear.

6. The brake levers on a bicycle are on different sides depending on which side of the road is driven on in that country. This is so that signals can be given with the same hand that a car driver would have to use (through the side window) whilst still operating the rear brake of the bicycle.

7. Chuck O'Rear was reportedly paid the second-largest sum ever paid to a living, working photographer for his photograph named 'Bliss', better known as the background picture of the hill from Windows XP. It is widely regarded as the most famous photo ever taken.

8. In the scene in ‘Rear Window’ where a couple try to get their mattress back inside as it rains, Hitchcock told both actors through ear pieces to pull in opposite directions. This resulted in one of the actors being thrown through the window along with the mattress, which made the final cut.

9. The songwriter spied on by James Stewart in REAR WINDOW (1954) was played by David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian), better known as the creator and voice of Alvin and The Chipmunks.