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TIL A hang-gliding world record was set in 1989 by Kevin Christopherson, who rode an updraft 287 miles (462 km) from Bairoil, Wyoming to North Dakota

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yVNge TIL Prince “as his symbol” was listed in the movie credits of Fargo (1996) as “Victim in the Field”. But was it really him? No…however the backstory of why he’s listed is pretty cool!
R5l4w TIL That avant-garde British pop band "Art of Noise" takes it's name from a 1913 Futurist manifesto, called "The Art of Noise" - Which argues that the modern human ear has grown accustom to industrial noise, and now will seek more exciting sounds in music to combat this.
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