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TIL the Grateful Dead briefly toured with a PA system called the Wall Of Sound that consisted of six hundred and four speakers, channelling twenty-six thousand watts of power. It has been called “the greatest vessel for the amplification of sound in history”.

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Lk0YV TIL that the Silkie Chicken is a breed named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as black skin and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens only have four.
1QKX TIL There are 14 movies in the Air Bud series
vPVK8 TIL that after a farm accident the dying farmer scratched his last will and testament onto a tractor fender, the tractor he was pinned under, and that fender was removed and submitted to the courts and ultimately found to be a valid will.
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p8v7N TIL that back in 2005, UK politician Alan Johnson was made 'Productivity, Energy and Industry Secretary' for five days. His job title was changed back to Secretary for Trade and Industry after people abbreviated the new one as 'PENIS'