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TIL AC/DC's 27x platinum album "Back in Black" is one of the best-selling albums in history, although it never reached the top spot on the American charts.

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o0nr TIL that Ray Dolby (the “Dolby” on audio equipment) helped develop the first videotape recorder before the age of 21. After founding Dolby Laboratories, he became a billionaire by charging little for his technology so others paid him instead of developing their own.
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