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TIL that American company Rocky Mount Instruments produced one of the first digital synthesizers, the RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, in 1974, predating the better-known Yamaha DX7 by almost a decade

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oBWv7 TIL the term “Suspension of disbelief,” defined as a "willingness to suspend one's critical faculties . . . for the sake of enjoyment" refers to one of Aristotle’s principles of theater in which the audience accepts fiction as reality so as to experience a catharsis.
gMlK8 TIL playing an instrument engages every major area on both sides of the brain, making it one of the best ways to engage your brain with benefits even at older ages (more in comment)
0dPeA TIL Color Blind people can see the differences in texture and brightness more intensely than normal people and were even used in WWII to spot camouflage.
OoB6g TIL that, in an 1886 speech, former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes said that "free government cannot long endure if property is largely in a few hands and large masses of people are unable to earn homes, education, and a support in old age."
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