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TIL the first cassette single was a mini-album C-30 C-60 C-90 by Bow Wow Wow released in 1980; half of the cassette was intentionally left blank to encourage people to use it to record (pirate) other music

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BrWLx TIL a 14 year old boy created an elaborate plan where he created several personas including a spy, homosexual stalker, and teenage girl, all in an attempt to convince a fellow boy to murder him.
Z8EDG TIL of Anandibai Joshi, the first female doctor from India. She was also the first woman in India to complete her studies in western medicine from the United States.
8e188 TIL The Way of Tuna is a plan by Korean cult leader Sun M. Moon to infiltrate the US sushi industry to fund his church: “After we build the boats, we catch the fish and process them for the market, and then have a distribution network. This is not just on the drawing board; I have already done it.”
yEnw TIL A soldier once returned from deployment to find his wife had died and his young children had starved to death.
4Kdw TIL that a French chemist unboiled an egg