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TIL songs by 009 Sound System, such as "Dreamscape", were widely used in early YouTube videos because YouTube's AudioSwap system, which replaced copyrighted music in videos with CC-licensed music, sorted songs alphabetically by artist, placing songs by 009 Sound System at the top.

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9YmMG TIL the Wright Brothers almost destroyed the 1903 Flyer, the first plane, in 1912 because they considered it worthless. Their manager talked them out of it.
j6n8M TIL in 1864 near Platte Valley, Nebraska where George Martin and his two sons were attacked by Sioux warriors near their homestead. As the boys fled on horseback, a single arrow pierced both pinning them together and causing them to fall; though presumed dead they survived to tell the story.
kJPO1 TIL the Thousand-Year Rose, the world's oldest rose bush. Planted around 800 AD, it grows up the side of Hildesheim Cathedral in Germany
wE6o TIL that the popsicle was invented by an 11-year-old kid.
XJR TIL that 2 billion years ago, a naturally occurring nuclear reactor existed in Gabon, Africa.