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TIL there is a Jeff Goldblum day every July 13th in Pittsburgh

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l7WG7 TIL On August 9, 1942, a starving orchestra performed Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, in besieged Leningrad during WWII, using music as an act of defiance against Nazi forces.
Z8vJR TIL: March 30th is National Doctor's Day in the USA
jNr6j TIL: More cops in the USA died from suicide than any other cause in 2017
b9bA4 TIL that the reason people didn’t smile in old photos is because early photography was inspired by painting, where smiling was seen as inappropriate while stern looks appeared more formal for portraits.
nWlOr TIL that James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, also made musical instruments. He owned a fake name stamp for a famous flute maker, indicating he passed off cheap flutes as much more valuable.