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TIL in 2017, a 10-minute song of silence entitled "A a a a a Very Good Song" became one of the top selling songs on iTunes because it helped solve the problem of car stereos playing the first song from an iPhone playlist in alphabetical order, giving people enough time to pick a song.

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LknNV TIL Bubble wrap was actually invented for wallpaper art rather than a packaging material. The idea changed when the inventors failed to make one.
ADdKl TIL Häagen Dazs’s name doesn’t mean anything - its founder wanted a Danish sounding brand name, as Denmark was known for its dairy products, despite the fact that such a word does not and cannot exist within Danish’s spelling system.
R7OG8 TIL Monarch Butterflies are nearly extinct in the US - their population has declined +80% in the last two decades. AND MILKWEED is the ONLY host plant for baby Monarch caterpillars. Plant it!
5V9x8 TIL the first known internet-based crowdfunding occurred in 1997 when fans of the British rock band Marillion raised $US60,000 via an internet campaign to fund a US tour. Inspired by its success, in 2001 the band asked fans to pre-order an album before it was recorded. Over 12,000 fans did.
D1jKV TIL that over half of all forested land on Earth is located in just five countries: Russia, Canada, the US, China, and Brazil.