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TIL A funk band released an album on Spotify that consisted of 10 completely silent tracks. They encouraged their fans to play it on a loop in their sleep. They used the royalty money to fund an admission-free tour.

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aw4g0 TIL the brilliant chess Master, Jose Raul Capablanca, first learned what Chess was by watching his father play his friend. After two games, he understood how the pieces move and the objective. For the third game, he challenged his father and won. He was only four years old.
8LNK TIL there is a school board in NY that consists of orthodox religious parents who send their students to private school. Holding the majority, they were able to gut funding and close public schools at the dismay of public school parents, while using funding for their private schools.
eKQb TIL there is a Japanese NES game called “Holy Diver” in which you play as Randy Rhoads. In the game, your father is Emperor Ronnie James Dio, your mentor is Ozzy Osbourne, and for the final level you fuse with your brother, Zakk Wylde.
16KmW TIL that dictator Suharto created a forced monopoly on cloves to enrich his son Tommy, who paid clove farmers well below market rate. That company somehow went broke, so Suharto forced state banks to loan $300 million to his son.
WxQ9 TIL that Julia Louis-Drefus (Elaine from Seinfeld) is the daughter of a billionaire, and her family has extreme wealth. Upon inheritance, she stands to be one of the wealthiest people in America.