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TIL that one of the world’s best-selling artists, Enya had sold over 100 million albums, but had never went on tour.

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DQKAv TIL that the official U.S. agency (USAGM) during 2023 had an audience of 420 million people worldwide in all its media.
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OGN7 TIL that a reliable way of detecting art forgeries is to test for cesium-137 and strontium-90 as these isotopes did not exist in nature prior to the first use of nuclear weapons in 1945.
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