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TIL The first streaming music service started in 1897. Users in New York could pick up their phones and connect to the Telharmonium, a central hub that would pipe music being played live by two musicians playing 24 hours a day.

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d8RkK TIL South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut’s major themes were censorship and controversy surrounding young viewers being exposed to mature themes in film. Their film ended up being the most viewed R-Rated film by underage viewers of the year.
ROM7 TIL that Germany completed its WWI reparation repayment in 2010, 92 years after the end of the war.
KYAMR TIL that when Jack Webb, most known as Sergeant Joe Friday in the TV & radio police procedural Dragnet, died. Friday’s badge number in the LAPD (714) was retired and, Webb was buried with full police honors.
oBYrr TIL that Lego has launched a “Braille Brick” concept. It’s designed help children who are blind and partially sighted learn braille. The Braille Kit is expected to launch in 2020, with 250 bricks covering the alphabet, numbers 0-9, and select maths symbols.
R7rW8 TIL that originally squirrels only lived in forests, staying away from people, and were intentionally introduced into city parks, the first being Franklin Square in Philadelphia in 1847.