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TIL about Bone Music. In the USSR, Western music was banned, so bootleggers made and sold records out of old X-rays that preserved the bone patterns.

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9DdX TIL that the funny bone (ulnar nerve) is the largest unprotected nerve in the body.
EgWg7 TIL about the Danish Protest Pig, a breed created in the early 1900s by Danes under Prussian rule. Unable to display their red-and-white national flag, they bred pigs with a similar color pattern as a symbolic act of rebellion. The breed is now recognized as a cultural symbol of resistance.
5GL8 TIL in 2013 the Chinese government hacked Google. While many initially believed the hack was targeting the email accounts of activists, it actually targeted and compromised Google’s internal warrant tracking system, letting the Chinese know which of their operatives were being monitored.
WkDNN TIL About a bunch of stuff because National Geographic has a huge library of short "101" videos
N7lQb TIL about George Wilson, convicted of robbing the US mail, turned down a pardon from Andrew Jackson. He was later hanged.