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TIL that "Tom's Diner" was the first song ever converted to MP3. "This song was chosen because of its nearly monophonic nature and wide spectral content, making it easier to hear imperfections in the compression format during playbacks. Some refer to Suzanne Vega as "The mother of MP3""

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pYBoN TIL your belly button depth isn’t determined by the cut at birth, but just randomly how your stump heals.
EMwx TIL at Fatburger, you can order a “Hypocrite"—a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon.
4kADg TIL explorer Captain James Cook was fatally stabbed by a chieftain with a British-made dagger. Cook and his crew had earlier traded the dagger to the local Hawaiians.
kJ75B TIL “Ped Xing” is not Chinese, but actually short for “Pedestrian Crossing”
R7Wo8 TIL during the Siege of Leningrad during WW2, many soviets within the city resorted to cannibalism. Over 2500 people were caught and arrested for cannibalism, including a mother who smothered her eighteen-month-old to feed her three older children