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TIL about The Hymn to Nikkal, the oldest piece of annotated music known to history, dating from between 1400 and 1200 BCE.

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XEYZX TIL about the italian general Pietro Badoglio. He's responsible for the defeat of Caporetto in WWI; the use of mustard gas during the italian invasion of Ethiopia; the failed invasion of Greece, the "switch of side" and the triggering of the Italian Civil War during WWII.
5AWk TIL That they sell a “Hottest Priests of the Vatican” calendar on stands in Vatican City.
wOdJ TIL using fountain pens in a school in Edinburgh improved academic performance and self esteem
VM19Q TIL that at Jon Bon Jovi's restaurant, JBJ Soul Kitchen, you can pay for your meal with either a donation or one hour of volunteer work in the kitchen. In 2014, JBJ served 11,500 meals, and half of them were paid for with a donation, and the other half were paid for with volunteer work.
Y70vG [TIL] There have been 2,121 atomic explosions on Earth since July, 1945