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TIL of Musopen, a non-profit org. that provides high-quality recordings of classical music in the public domain, so that anyone can use them. The project emerged as a response to the big corporations in the music industry that were burying old artists, like Beethoven and Chopin, behind copyright

VMWDG TIL of Roza Shanina, whose teenage brother was killed by Germans in WWII. Seeing how sad her mother was, she joined the Red Army as a 17-year old sniper and killed 59 Nazis as revenge.
p8R04 TIL that President Lyndon Johnson was known for his vulgar behaviour. He would burp, fart, pick his nose, and scratch his crotch in front of people. He would also openly urinate in front of others, including in front of a reporter at his ranch. He also harassed women about their weight and looks.
d8wMB TIL that Queen Elizabeth II is considered the first head of state to have used electronic mail. On March 26, 1976, sent her first email while taking part in a network technology demonstration in Malvern, England. The message was transmitted over ARPANET, the forerunner of the modern Internet.
l7D1V TIL that Thailand‘s King Vajiralongkorn inherited ~10 billion in 2016 while living in Bavaria, which should have triggered Germany’s 30% inheritance tax. But he was deemed immune as a foreign head-of-state after reportedly labeling his lakeside villa a “Thai Embassy”.
R5wRa TIL: In 1905 an outlaw was shot, buried, dug up by his buddies for a last drink, and reburied.