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TIL that the alchemist dream of transmuting lead into gold has actually been achieved

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d8kDr TIL that there is an unusual instrument called the celeste/celesta which looks like a piano, but has metal plates like a xylophone, instead of strings, inside. This instrument is what gives the Nutcracker's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, and the Harry Potter theme, their distinct sound.
QJRQd TIL the murderer of Adolph Coors III (heir to Coors Brewing Co) spent only 19 years in prison despite being an escapee from prison for a previous murder at the time he killed Alfred and despite maintaining his innocence. He committed suicide at age 80.
GAg1N TIL When repeatedly exposed to the same odor, sense of smell in women of reproductive age increases up to 100,000 fold but no improvement in men's
R5KQ7 TIL of a 4,000 year old complaint letter (in clay) about a delivery of sub-standard copper ingots.
ZEOY TIL in 2001, IT at UNC decided to do a server audit. They realized that they could not find one of their best performing servers. Eventually resorting to following the physical cabling, they hit a wall, literally. The server had been buried behind a wall during remodeling for over 4 years.