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TIL The Flaming Lips released a 24-hour-long song, sold on a hard drive encased in a real human skull for $5,000. They sold five of them.

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dDn0B TIL before entering video game market, aside from making toys, Nintendo tried their hands on various products like office machines, kitchen appliances and baby gears. Notable example among these is a baby stroller in 1970, named "Mamaberica".
v19oK TIL the guy who ran an anti AIDS magazine died from AIDS
NVle TIL A Chinese farmer developed a way to make pears grow from the tree in the shape of little baby Buddhas.
e0aJ6 TIL of Eddie Gaedel, a dwarf and shortest player to appear in a MLB game at hight 3'7". Gaedel had one plate appearance, where he was walked in 4 straight balls and was replaced by a pinch runner. He wore the bat boy's uniform and was paid $100 for his appearance which he parlayed into $17K via TV
Xe0E TIL lobsters were once considered “poverty food” and served to prisoners and servants