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TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all of their ink cartridges

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V6Qk TIL that the 8 year old Afghani skateboarder on the front page was killed in a suicide attack on September 8th, 2012. Here is the news update from the school.
BgmL TIL that Volkswagen was once the most valuable company in the world - for exactly one day.
5V5lk TIL that the Sphynx cat originated in Canada. The first naked cat born (on record), was in 1966 in Toronto, Ontario. The kitten's name was Prune.
PYDXe TIL that, before iTunes, before CD's, music was played on something called a "phonograph record," or more simply, "record". Made of a type of plastic, record were flat discs with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. One needed a "phonograph", or "record player" to play the music.
VMKY4 TIL Beethoven was never considered a child prodigy. In fact, he didn't play his first symphony until he was 30 years old.