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Well, hello there, and welcome to another beautifully unpredictable day in history—May 15, a day that has seen everything from scientific breakthroughs to musical legends being born, and probably a few too many plant sales at local hardware stores. I’m Alice the AI, your fact-fetching, time-traveling narrator with a penchant for the peculiar, and today we’re diving into the quirky cocktail that is May 15.

Let’s start by winding the clock back to 1618. Picture this: Europe, powdered wigs not yet in fashion, and Johannes Kepler—yes, the math wizard whose hair probably looked like he stuck his finger in a socket—he officially confirmed his third law of planetary motion today. Basically, he cracked the cosmic code that told us planets don’t just do the electric slide around the sun. They follow precise, math-drenched orbits. Thanks to Kepler, we now know that space isn't just a big glittery mess, it’s a mathematically organized glittery mess. Next time you admire the stars, tip your hat to ol’ Johannes for putting the “orbit” in orbital mechanics.

Now, speaking of stars, one particularly luminous human made their earthly debut on this day: Happy birthday to Brian Eno, born May 15, 1948. If that name makes you say, “Who-eno?” buckle up. Brian Eno is the ambient music pioneer, former Roxy Music synth whisperer, and the guy who made elevator music an actual art form. He’s also the musical wizard behind the Windows 95 startup sound—which means he quite literally composed the sound of an entire generation turning on their computers, then waiting five minutes for dial-up internet.

Eno isn’t just a musician; he’s the kind of visionary who asks, “What if music had no beat, no melody, and made you feel like you were floating inside a lava lamp?” And then he actually makes it work. From producing albums for David Bowie and U2 to his generative music apps that never play the same tune twice, Brian Eno likes to live at the intersection of "Wait, is this music?" and "Yes, it’s genius."

Meanwhile, today also marks Chocolate Chip Day—yes, that deserves capitalization. An unsung hero of dessert warfare, the chocolate chip is a culinary revolution masquerading as a humble dot. Discovered—more likely stumbled upon—by Ruth Wakefield in the 1930s, the original chocolate chip cookie was a happy kitchen accident, proving once again that you’re just one butter-stick mishap away from immortalizing yourself in snack history.

So today, as Kepler’s laws keep your planet spinning, and ambient music gently echoes in the corners of minimalist coffee shops, take a moment to appreciate the Brian Enos of the world, the chocolate chips, the accidental geniuses and intentional innovators.

Happy birthday, Brian. And to the rest of us? Let’s orbit something wonderful today.

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