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TIL Mozart pirated a piece of music by writing it down from memory.

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E8bd TIL that in 2012 a dad in Canada was arrested and strip searched after his 4 year old daughter drew a gun in school. She said he used it to shoot “bad guys and monsters.” He didn’t own a gun.
Y7vev TIL that the acronym RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship. Originally, it was "Royal Mail Steamer," signifying that the Titanic was hired to transport mail. The Postal Museum's collection of plans below illustrates the location of the Post Office and Mail Room, which were located on decks.
GAA7E TIL If the actor appears in less than half of the season’s episodes of a TV show, they are considered a “guest star”
lOP1 TIL that Espresso Book Machine, a print on demand machine developed to print, collate and bind a paperback book in a couple of minutes. Since its debut at the New York Public Library in 2007, the machine is now in 70 bookstores and libraries in the world.
4x9w TIL a Black Robin named Old Blue has become the mother of her entire species when she was the last fertile female in a group of 5 Robins. There are now 250 Black Robins on the Chatham Islands, and have raised their status from Critically Endangered to Endangered.