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TIL becoming a librarian requires a master's degree

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nmw9 TIL that the Doctor Who theme wasn’t performed on a theremin, but instead was created by the manipulation of an analog tape containing a recording of a single plucked string, white noise, and several oscillators.
XEWpD TIL in 2013, Neil Gaiman performed a reading of “A Christmas Carol” using Charles Dickinson’s personal copy that he used specifically for live readings, complete with notes and directions, in full victorian costume. The performance was recorded (audio only) and subsequently released online. Enjoy!
dnPE TIL Louis CK’s canceled show, “Lucky Louie” was met with deep criticism from the president of a religious organization. On a radio talk show with Louis, the man admitted to never having seen an episode of the show himself.
8QeX TIL the town of St. Peters, MO misunderstood new Federal requirements in 1994 and became the first town in the US to put up metric-only speed limit signs.
LLVd TIL of Tibor Rubin, a Hungarian Jew who survived Mathausen concentration camp, was deliberately given dangerous assignments by an anti-Semitic sergeant in Korea, and spent 30 months as POW after being captured by the Chinese.