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TIL a study where stradivaris and new violins were blind-tested has shown that most people prefer the sound of the newer instruments

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WkpZ4 TIL: Stefan Lux, a Czech reporter, committed suicide on the floor of the League of Nations to bring attention to the dangers of Nazi Germany.
ADZZ7 TIL that when febreeze first came out it was marketed as an odor eliminator (and was very effective at it) but sold poorly due to people not realizing their homes/ clothes smelt bad. It was only until they added scents and marketed to people as a final touch to cleaning that it became successful.
NPaP TIL that 80% of the Germans killed in WWII were killed by Russians.
1QeP TIL they killed off “Susan” on Seinfeld because Jason Alexander felt uncomfortable acting with her.
OGAO7 TIL Isabella Sanford, star of The Jeffersons, was actually twenty-one years older than her on screen husband Sherman Helmsley