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TIL that funk band Vulfpeck released an album on Spotify titled “Sleepify” consisting entirely of silence. They encouraged listeners to stream the album while sleeping, and used the royalties (nearly $20,000) to fund an admission-free concert tour.

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m6ko TIL: In WWII the U.S. dumped millions of dollars worth of Jeeps, Coca-Cola, food, etc. into the ocean to spite the British and French who refused to pay 6 cents on the dollar for everything, thinking eventually they’d get it for free. Found this scuba diving video of it today.
0woxy TIL that in 2011, there was a riot in Vancouver following the defeat of the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL Stanley Cup Championship with 140 injuries, 1 death, and about $5 Million in damages.
R7XR1 TIL about Tim Cordes, a physician with blindness. He was the third blind medical student in the U.S in 1998. Despite his impressive resume, the University of Wisconsin's medical school was the only one to accept him. They accommodated him and his service dog,Vance, went with him to clinicals.
X0ElQ TIL: The first stewardess (flight attendant) was a registered nurse. In fact, so sold United Airlines on the value of having nursing as a flight attendant skill. She later was a WW2 flight nurse.
166ND TIL there was an exponential increase in childhood cancer in Mexico due to the purchase of tons of milk from Ireland, which were contaminated due to the radioactivity caused by the 1986 Chernobyl accident.