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TIL despite being over 25 years old, the musical instrument digital interface, MIDI, is still on version 1.0! A testament to good design.

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4XLbJ TIL that in 1971 a German episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus was produced for broadcast in Germany & Austria. None of the Pythons spoke German, so the script was translated and memorized phonetically.
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