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TIL, The Dutch alphabet doesn't use letter Y, but uses the digraph of IJ in it's place.

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KY6yE TIL that Micky Dolenz of The Monkees was the owner of the third Moog synthesizer ever commercially available, and used it to perform "Daily Nightly" in the first use of a synthesizer in a rock recording.
Z8VMG TIL Alice in Chains' "Man in the Box" was influenced after Layne Staley had a dinner conversation on how veal was made from calves raised in small boxes. This eventually inspired him to write the lyrics about government censorship and eating meat as seen through the eyes of a doomed calf.
G70E TIL that Mos Def came to Kanye West’s house after the Taylor Swift incident at the VMAs and encouraged him to move out of America.
EgWYW TIL “tab” on a keyboard is short for “tabulate/tabulator”, (consisting of or presenting in columns or tables).
Wk5xB TIL Chuck Berry wrote 'Johnny B. Goode' as an autobiographical song about a poor boy who masters the guitar and becomes famous. Berry grew up on Goode Ave. in St. Louis.