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TIL there is a field of study called zoomusicaology, that studies how animals produce and respond to music.

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R5V47 TIL Nintendo copied LEGO in the 60´s and outsold them for a few years in Japan. Their N&B Block series were very similar to LEGO an way more popular because they had more round shapes. Nintendo stopped the N&B Block series in the early 70s, most likely due to legal pressure from LEGO.
k441 TIL you should use “e.g.” when you mean “for example,” versus using “i.e.” which should be used when you mean “that is”
gr574 TIL of Ida Dalser and Benito Albino Mussolini, Benito Mussolini's first wife and son. Fascist agents sought to destroy all traces of their relationship with the future dictator and they both died in asylums where they had been forcibly interned.
x6JYB TIL that Only 20 players in Major League Baseball history have worn the uniform number 69, the first in 1989. Eight of them played for Pittsburgh at the time.
dDDvj TIL dragonflies don’t need their heads to breathe, and so they can survive headless until they starve to death.