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TIL Leif Segerstam (1944-2024), the Finnish conductor, wrote 371 symphonies.

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VBbA8 TIL that Roma (Gypsy) migrants in Romania were enslaved upon arrival in the 14th century and were freed only in the 1840s-1850s.
lm61 TIL that researchers in the 1960s attempted to teach dolphins the human language. This experiment escalated when the female researcher started to masturbate the dolphin and then later taking LSD with the dolphin.
kLy1 TIL that Mongols under the rule of Genghis Khan pulled the bowstrings of their bows back with their thumb instead of using a “Mediterranean draw” with three fingers, so to protect their thumbs, the Mongols invented a “thumb ring”
LQkGZ TIL In 1930 Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure of a regular-service electric multiple unit train from the Hoboken Terminal to Montclair New Jersey!
R7d5l TIL The Peregrine falcon can reach speeds of 200 mph during its high speed dive, making it the fastest bird in the world, as well as the fastest member of the animal kingdom.