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TIL that ELO's Out of the Blue, a double album comprised of 16 songs, was written in just 2 weeks.

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Mp7 TIL that the internet was called “The Galactic Network” when it was first conceived.
lPQ1 TIL Google invented a fake town and placed it on Google Maps. It is believed that this was a form of DRM to let Google know who was copying their maps.
OoGEa TIL: the US government has paid out 7 billion dollars in settlements to people poisoned by the US nuclear industry
R5LY7 TIL that in Japan, there's an island called Okunoshima that's overrun with rabbits. During World War II, the island served as the headquarters of a poison gas factory where rabbits were used in tests.
py0N TIL that Perrier water and its competitor San Pellegrino are both owned by the Nestle corporation.