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TIL composer Johann Christian Bach, son of JS Bach, helped extend copyright protection to musical scores under English law in 1777.

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OoV51 TIL In 1924 George Mallory may have been the first person to reach the summit of Everest. He was last seen 800ft from summit but never returned. He carried a picture of his wife with him that he said he would leave at the summit which he did not have when his body was found 75 years later.
ZpG74 TIL that the de facto main language between Singaporeans is Singaporean Colloquial English, AKA broken English/Singlish
E1EbW TIL Jet Li turned down a role in The Matrix Reloaded because Hollywood producers wanted to record and copy all of his martial arts moves into a digital library, with all rights going to them.
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