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yQEvM TIL that singer Ella Fitzgerald's career had a late renaissance when, at an audition for Memorex Recording Tapes' advertising, was asked to break a glass using the power of her voice, and she succeeded.
vPOjx TIL The NBA's Chicago Bulls famously used Alan Parson's 'Sirius' as an introduction song during the legendary Jordan years. Parsons had no clue his song was being used and made very little money off of it due to licensing agreements that heavily favor corporations over the actual artists.
Z6oQ TIL the visual effects rendered in Interstellar used pages of theoretical equations from physicist Kip Thorne and gave new insights into gravitational lensing and accretion disks surrounding black holes that led to three published scientific papers.
gyeA TIL of the Iron Pillar of Delhi, an ancient, 23 ft solid pillar of near pure iron, that has resisted corrosion due to an unusual corrosion resistant layer. It also survived a direct canon ball strike in the 1700s from Muslim invaders.
ep0YE TIL about 'Anton syndrome' which causes Blind people to not believe in their own blindness