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8ee5K TIL Harmonica Youth Orchestras were widespread for a decade starting in the mid 1920's thanks to the efforts of Philadelphia philanthropist Albert Hoxie.

nWk5G TIL Indian Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, the first Indian, first Non-European to receive the Nobel prize in Literature (1913), was the only person to write national anthems of two countries- India & Bangladesh. Even Sri Lanka's national anthem was inspired by his work.

8a46X TIL Intel once had an option to allow customers to "upgrade" their CPU using an activation code

neG09 TIL Heinrich Otto Wieland researched bile acids, toad poisons and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Wieland also protected people, especially Jewish students, who were "racially burdened" after the Nuremberg Laws. Expelled students could stay in his group as chemists

7rylX TIL that when America declared war on Germany in 1917, the majority of Texas A&M cadets enrolled in class were excused by the university and joined the war effort. “Graduation” was conducted at the cadets’ training facility.