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TIL Two comprehensive studies have shown even the must astute violin players choose the sound from even brand new violins over Stradivarius violins, despite the widely held belief Stradivarius violins are vastly superior, costing several millions of dollars and being hundreds of years old.

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r8Ne TIL There was an intern who stole moon rocks from NASA, spread the rocks on his bed and had sex on them, resulting in contamination making the rocks virtually useless to the scientific community. He was sentenced for more than 8 years.
D1ykJ TIL of a 1698 beard tax in Russia, in which authorities were authorized by Emperor Peter I to publicly shave individuals who did not pay the tax on their beards. The tax was designed to make Russian men conform to Western European notions of grooming.
MlLa TIL Australia’s Channel 9 put watermarks across the middle of their video footage to prevent Channel 7 from using their material. It didn’t work.
N7Em8 TIL of "Dr. Death". Jack Kevorkian claimed to have performed physician-assisted suicide of at least 130 people.
aBNZ TIL that Switzerland shot down both Allied and Axis aircraft during WWII