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TIL a couple walking their dog found 1,427 buried gold coins valued at about $10 million, the largest known buried gold-coin discovery ever recovered in the United States.

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pYpob TIL about The BRIT School, a performing arts school in Croydon, England that is partially funded by the British Record Industry Trust. It was formed in 1991 and by 2017, the alumni of the school had sold a combined 125 million albums. The Alumni includes Adele and Amy Winehouse.
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