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TIL Harmonica Youth Orchestras were widespread for a decade starting in the mid 1920's thanks to the efforts of Philadelphia philanthropist Albert Hoxie.

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awlwA TIL After the Scarecrow gets his diploma in The Wizard of Oz, he recites the Pythagorean theorem incorrectly.
nPkd TIL Independence, Missouri has a juvenile court ran by juveniles. There is a kid for the judge, kid lawyers, and the decisions are legally binding.
NpQQ TIL in 1995 Newsweek published an article scoffing the future of the internet. It laughed at the idea that people would gets news, learn, or buy airline tickets online. It is still available on their website.
lWoG TIL that the hoatzin is the last surviving species of a line of birds that diverged from all other birds 64 million years ago, just after the dinosaur extinction event, and that hoatzin chicks have claws on their wings
VM5w0 TIL that Capuchin Male Monkeys urinate on themselves to attract a mate. Female capuchins are attracted to males who have washed themselves in their own urine.