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TIL of Bartholomäus Traubeck, an artist and engineer who discovered how to make music from tree rings. “A record player that plays slices of wood, [in which] year ring data is translated into music." The trees year rings are analyzed and this data is used to generate piano music.

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16An8 TIL Women’s Peak Fertility is at 24. Women HIT THE WALL at 30. Women over 35 is called ELDERLY primigravid and over-35 pregnancy is called GERIATRIC. #SCIENCE
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