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TIL only one copy of the seventh studio album by the American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan named "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" was created with no ability to download or stream it. The only copy was purchased in 2015 for $2 million, making it the most expensive work of music ever sold.

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