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TIL The first album ever to be remixed in Dolby Atmos was Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus by Luca Turilli's Rhapsody in 2016. It was chosen because of the way Luca Turilli combines metal instruments with choirs and orchestras in a style he called 'filmscore metal'.

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X4XE TIL that the honey badger and the honeyguide bird share a symbiotic relationship in which the bird guides the badger to nearby beehives. The badger will then break open the beehive and allow the bird to share in the booty.
BrZ1y TIL George Lucas's Star Wars pioneered the idea of omitting opening credits, a move that cost him $250,000 in fines.
nWjpb TIL that Old Tom, an orca, helped whalers in Eden, New South Wales in hunting baleen whales for almost 80 years.
R7Vp4 Til After Nike released Air Jordan sneakers in 1985, the NBA banned Michael Jordan from wearing them because it's colours didn't match his team's uniform. Nike supposedly paid the fine of $5000 the NBA charged Jordan each game so he would continue wearing them.
x9mw TIL in 2003 the Polynesian island country of Niue became the world’s first “WiFi nation”, offering free Internet access throughout the country.