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TIL Mozart wrote music for the Glass Armonica.

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xV8Yw TIL the 1815 eruption of Mt. Tambora was the deadliest volcano ever, causing 90,000 deaths and a 'year without summer'
GkW1 TIL Seven naked women make up the moth’s skull featured on the poster of The Silence of the Lambs. The human recreation was inspired by a Salvador Dali portrait.
NRDQ TIL a house right across the street from Westboro Baptist Church was intentionally bought and painted rainbow colors and hosted gay weddings to mock the infamous church
W7G1o TIL about "Sazae-san syndrome", a feeling of Sunday night blues named after one of the longest-running anime Sazae-san, which airs on Sundays from 18:30 to 19:00 in Japan. The end of each episode reminds viewers that the weekend is coming to an end, triggering a sense of depression.
X0ENE TIL l South Yorkshire town of Doncaster is technically part of Scotland. Its Scottish history dates way back to the 12th century (1136, to be specific), when the town was signed over to King David I in the Treaty of Durham, and it was never officially given back.